Site Clearance in Harwich
Site clearance in Harwich: overgrown plots, builders' leftovers, dumped rubbish and old outbuildings cleared and taken away, so the site is ready for the next trade.
Site Clearance prices in Harwich
We send a free estimate after photos or a site visit, covering our labour, vehicles and disposal. If the site turns out different on the day, with more waste or harder access than described, we agree any change with you before we start. Got your own labour on site? Wait and load and grab hire can be booked online at set prices. Get a price.
How we price site clearance →Site Clearance in Harwich: what to know
Harwich sits at the tip of a peninsula at the mouth of the Stour and Orwell, with narrow streets in the old town, Victorian terraces in Dovercourt and port-related industry at Parkeston and Harwich International Port. The local tip at Dovercourt takes cars only, closes on Thursdays and Fridays and does not accept DIY waste or rubble.
Refurbishment dominates building work in Harwich and Dovercourt, where much of the housing is Victorian or older. The Harwich conservation area, first designated in 1969, and the Lower Dovercourt conservation area, designated in 1986, bring tighter control over external changes, and the narrow lanes between Church Street and West Street leave little room for a skip or lorry. Dovercourt town centre is being reshaped with public realm works along Kingsway, the Orwell Place car park on the former Starlings site and new housing planned at Milton Road. A 100-home estate has been built off Low Road.
Access decides the method. On the industrial estates we can get the larger vehicles in, which keeps the price per tonne down for heavy or bulky loads. Send photos of the site and its entrance and we'll say which vehicle we'd bring to Harwich: the caged truck with a crew, or the grab lorry for soil and hardcore.
You get a waste transfer note for every load that leaves, which developers, agents and planning conditions from Tendring District Council often ask for. Suspected asbestos is left in place and reported to you.
Local knowledge: Harwich
Site Clearance across Harwich
- Postcodes
- CO12
- From our yard
- Harwich is about 65 minutes from our Wickford yard via the A130, A12, then A120. Harwich sites are booked a few days ahead; anything needing plant once we've seen the site.
- We cover
- Dovercourt, Upper Dovercourt, Parkeston, Harwich International Port, Bathside, Harwich Quay, Main Road and Dovercourt High Street
- Access
- Narrow streets of period houses in old Harwich, Victorian and Edwardian terraces with on-street parking in Dovercourt, and post-war estates and bungalows in Upper Dovercourt.
- Council
- Tendring District Council · about 18,798 residents
Nearest tip to Harwich
- Site
- Dovercourt Recycling Centre, West End Lane, Dovercourt, CO12 3SF
- Hours
- 9am to 5pm from 1 March to 15 October, 9am to 4pm from 16 October to the end of February. Closed every Thursday and Friday, and on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.
- Rules
- Every car visit must be booked in advance (Blue Badge holders, pedestrians and cyclists are exempt). Cars only: vans, pick-ups and large trailers are not accepted, and the site does not take DIY waste or rubble. Alternative: The nearest site that takes booked vans and household DIY waste is Clacton Recycling Centre, Rush Green Road, CO16 7BL, about 18 miles away. Lawford Recycling Centre (Greensmill, about 12 miles) is cars only with no DIY waste and is closed Wednesday and Thursday.
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Site Clearance in Harwich: your questions
How much does site clearance cost in Harwich?
Each site gets a free estimate after photos or a visit, covering our labour, vehicles and disposal. If the site turns out different on the day, with more material or harder access than described, we agree any change with you before we start. If you have your own labour on site, wait and load is £180 to £540 by the truck load, and heavy material by grab is from £200 for a half load of soil.
How soon can you start on a site in Harwich?
We book Harwich sites a few days ahead, as it's about 65 minutes from our Wickford yard. Anything needing plant is scheduled once we've seen the site.
Which areas near Harwich do you cover?
All of Harwich (CO12) plus Clacton-on-Sea, Colchester, Tiptree and Witham. See every area we cover.
Site Clearance in Harwich: a free estimate the same day
Harwich (CO12). Tell us where and what, and we price it.