Verge Permits for Skip Bins and Storing Building Materials

You need a verge permit before you:

  • Use the verge for temporary storage of building material
  • Excavate adjacent to a street or verge
  • Install a gantry or scaffold on a verge
What to include with your application

1. A completed Verge Permit Application Form.

2. A building site plan (scale 1:100 or 1:200), indicating verge area to be used for storage;

3. Proposed location of security fencing, skip bin, building materials (e.g. bricks, sand, timber and steel, etc).

Things to consider

Only bins that fully contain refuse (and prevent refuse from blowing away) are acceptable.

  • Gantries, hoarding, scaffolding or any construction on a verge requires a general application approval for a Building Licence.
  • If a street tree is present, your application will be assessed and may be subject to a Verge Street Tree Preservation Bond & Fees, to see the charges, click here. Street trees must be protected at all times.
  • Footpaths must not be obstructed and must be maintained in good condition, free of building material and rubble. In some circumstances and subject to Town approval, the footpath may be temporarily relocated provided a 1.5 metre wide pedestrian access is maintained. Footpaths must be shown on associated plans.
  • Site storage sheds/buildings and site toilets are not permitted on verges.
  • Where possible, skip bins should be stored on private property.
  • If safe to do so, a skip bin can be stored on the verge immediately adjacent the property.
  • Skip bins must not be placed on the roadway, across a footpath, in parking bays or in rear lanes.  If a skip bin is stored on a road, footpath or in a lane the supplier/hirer will be given 24 hours to remove it.  If not, the Town may remove the bin and a penalty may apply.
  • The hirer is liable for any damage to the footpath, street trees, drainage pits, verge, kerb or road surface resulting from storage of the skip bin.
  • The hirer is responsible for removal all debris left on the verge after the skip bin has been removed.
  • Dangerous or hazardous waste must not be deposited in a skip bin.
  • Asbestos must not be deposited in a skip bin, and must be handled in accordance with Health (Asbestos) Regulations 1992.
  • Separate applications are needed for driveway crossover and verge treatment approvals, although these can be submitted at the same time, by clicking the tickboxes on the form.

 

 

 

 

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