Skip operator licence or for a skip licence If you operate a skip hire business or own skips, you need a permit under the Highways Act 1980 Scrap metal licence The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 came into effect on 1 October 2013 Highway licences Application forms, costs and requirements for a Highway Licence, Street Works Licence or Temporary Traffic Order. Highway projection licence Licences are required for any display that may protrude or project over a public highway Apply for a weighbridge operator's licence Trading Standards officers test public weighbridge operators and issue them certificates Section 61 applications Developers and contractors who are undertaking major works can apply to the Council for a Section 61 Consent