Skips on the highway - is this allowed ?

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We live on a main road where there is a layby, intially just an extra lane but it gradually feeds into a slip road separated by a grass verge from the main highway. At the start of this lane, adajcent to the traffic on the main road, our neighbours have had a skip for well over a week now, and subsequently a delivery of materials on a pallet, concrete slabs mainly I think, put alongside it, both outside their house. They also have an area for off road parking for probably 2 cars.

Neither skip nor delivery seems to be lit up at night. I'm idly wondering if this is permitted? While it doesn't actually cause an obstruction to traffic since it is at the end of the lane, it does mean there is less parking along the road. Any views ?

I had a skip on the road - the skip provider applies for a highway license and they put a cone at each end but they said it did not need lights.

We had it for about three weeks in the end but tit did not cause a parking problem for anyone.

HTH

Last time we had a skip we had to apply for permission from local council (skip company had to see the permission before they would leave the skip), and we had to put lights on it at night. If you are worried about it you could ring the local council and ask what the regulations are.