Less form filling
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Road permits · for Skip hire & waste, Builders & trades
Road permits sorted before the skip goes down
A skip on the road needs a council permit. The system fills in the application from the booking, keeps track of it and warns you before it expires.
Per councileach council's form, fee and turnaround
Expirywarnings days before a permit runs out
From £400added to your build, + VAT
This is a working example. Click, drag and try it.
2 ways it can work, or tell us yours
Pick the version closest to how you work. Under each one, tell us what you would change. It all goes into your system, and we build it the way you describe.
Permit register
Each permit sits on one register with its council, placement and expiry. You get a warning while there is still time to renew.
Skip firms placing skips on council roads
Permit applications
The application fills in from the booking with the address, size and dates. You check it and send it to the council with the fee.
Offices filling in permit forms every day
What it does day to day
When a customer books a skip that has to go on the road, the booking asks for a permit. The application fills in from the address, skip size and dates, ready for you to send to the right council with its fee.
Each permit then sits on a register with its council, reference, placement and expiry. If the hire runs on, you get a warning in time to renew, and the permit number shows on the driver's job so they know it is covered before they drop.
- Permit registerEach permit with its council, reference, placement and expiry date.
- Applications from the bookingAddress, size and dates copied into the council form for you.
- Council details storedEach council's form, fee and turnaround kept on file.
- Expiry warningsA warning before a permit lapses, while the skip is still on the road.
- Renewals in a clickRenew from the register with the original details filled in.
- Permit on the driver's jobThe driver sees the permit number before dropping the skip.
Spreadsheets, off-the-shelf or your own
How Road permits goes on each of the three ways businesses usually run it.
| What | Spreadsheets and paper | Off-the-shelf software | Your own system |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applying | Each council form typed from scratch | Not covered at all | Filled in from the booking |
| Keeping track | A list on the office wall | A shared calendar entry | One register, sorted by expiry |
| Renewing | Noticed when the council rings | A reminder someone set by hand | A warning in time to renew |
| Permit fees | Paid and left off the invoice | Added by hand | Passed on to the customer's invoice |
What changes for you
Fewer council fines
You see a permit is about to lapse while there is time to renew it.
Drivers know it is legal
Drivers see the permit is in place before they put a skip on the road.
Fees charged back
Permit fees go on the customer's invoice, so you stop paying them yourself.
Works with the rest of your system
Information goes from Road permits to the sections that need it, so nobody types it in twice. Add them now or later.
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Questions about Road permits
Anything else, call us on 01903 368559.
It prepares each application with the details filled in. You send it by email or enter it on the council's own portal, depending on the council.
Yes. We can set up scaffold, hoarding and parking suspension licences on the same register.
Yes. Each council keeps its own form, fee and turnaround times.
Want Road permits built your way?
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