Animal Welfare Licensing

For information on the bird flu outbreak in the UK please head to our Animal Welfare licences page.

The list below defines the separate licensable activities. If you are carrying out more than one of these activities, you need to include the additional fee as part of your application:

Boarding cats
Breeding dogs
Boarding kennels for dogs
Home boarding for dogs
Day care for dogs
Selling animals as pets
Hiring out horses
Exhibiting animals

If you’d like to apply for one of the above licences, please complete this online form.

New applications

Application fee – £433 (plus £131 for each additional activity)
Licence issue fee – £93 (plus £20 for each additional activity)

We will arrange vet inspections and invoice this separately from these fees for breeding dogs, selling animals as pets, hiring out horses and exhibiting animals.

Renewals

This includes businesses already operating under the old licensing scheme.

Renewal fee – £354 (plus £132 for each additional activity)

We will arrange vet inspections and invoice this separately from these fees for hiring out horses and exhibiting animals.

If your current licence lapses, you will need to apply and pay for a new application. Please allow up to 10 weeks for your renewal application to be processed and the new licence to be issued.

Other fees

Rescore inspection fee – £251 (when requested by the operator)
Variation of licence fee – £119 (when requested by the operator due to changes to their business)