Skip on the street: permit per Dutch municipality 2026

Skip or container on the street in Amsterdam: permit needed?

Conditions

APV 4.3 forbids placing objects on the road without a vergunning of the college (objectvergunning); only items placed briefly for work including loading and unloading and removed immediately are exempt; the college may designate exempt categories (art. 4.5), not checked here. Amsterdam levies no precario on land objects since 2016.

From the rules

Het is verboden zonder vergunning van het college voorwerpen of stoffen op, aan, in of boven de weg te plaatsen, aan te brengen, te hebben of te storten.

Legal basis: APV Amsterdam 2008 art. 4.3; Algemene legesverordening Amsterdam 2026 tarieventabel 7.1. Source: overheid.nl, read on 2026-10-13.

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