Van and trailer permit scheme

Surrey County Council has introduced a van and trailer permit scheme at all community recycling centres across Surrey. These facilities are for household waste only and the permit scheme is to prevent trade waste from entering the household sites. You now need a permit number to access any of the community recycling centres in Surrey if you drive:

• A van
• A pickup
• Or pull a trailer

For the purpose of the permit scheme, a van is:

• Any vehicle without side rear windows
• Any flatback vehicle
• Any pickup vehicle (two seater or four seater)

The waste permit is a unique reference number attached to your vehicle registration. When you visit the site, staff will validate your permit and record the waste and recycling you have brought.

• Permits are for the disposal or recycling of your own household waste only.
• Permits are not issued for the disposal of trade waste or trade recycling.
• Businesses must use one of the four waste transfer stations where waste and recycling can be weighed and paid for.
• Permit usage will be monitored.
• Permitted vehicles cannot bring construction waste to the site.
• Only residents living in one of the 11 Surrey districts or boroughs are able to apply for a permit.

Construction waste policy

Surrey County Council does not allow construction waste to be brought to community recycling centres in vans, pickups or trailers. This type of waste may only be brought to the site in a car. Please refer to Surrey County Council’s construction waste page to find out why the Council restrict this type of waste.

Construction waste includes, but is not limited to:

• Rubble, bricks and concrete
• Earth, soils including turfs
• Bathroom suites, i.e. baths, sinks and toilets
• Fitted kitchen cupboards and work surfaces
• Plasterboard and room partitions (plasterboard is only accepted at Camberley, Earlswood, Epsom, Guildford, Sunbury and Woking)
• Garden sheds
• Fence panels and posts
• Internal and external doors
• Radiators
• Garden stone (paving and ornamental)
• Tiles
• Fitted units
• Rigid plastic sheeting or roofing
• Roofing materials
• Insulation
• Flooring

How to apply for a van or trailer permit

You can apply for your permit in two ways. The quickest way is to apply online at Surrey County Council’s website www.surreycc.gov.uk/vanpermits or you can call the Council’s contact centre on 03456 009 009, who will take some details and process your application.