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The fees listed on this page do not include veterinary charges as a result of an animal licence inspection.

If you need an animal licence that combines different animals to be licensed, we can offer a 50 percent discount on the lowest price grant fee:

  • Star rating appeal: £71 per hour of officer time
  • Re-inspection fee: £71 per hour of officer time
  • Duplication licence: £15

Boarding cats or dogs

  • Application fee: £61
  • Grant fee for cats;
    • 1 year: £285
    • 2 years: £351
    • 3 years: £412
  • Grant fee for dogs;
    • 1 year: £318.50
    • 2 years: £384
    • 3 years: £440
  • Variation fee: £71 per hour of officer time

Boarding cats and dogs

  • Application fee: £61
  • Grant fee:
    • 1 year: £491.50
    • 2 years: £588
    • 3 years: £687
  • Variation fee: £71 per hour of officer time

Day care for dogs

  • Application fee: £61
  • Grant fee:
    • 1 year: £296.50
    • 2 years: £362.50
    • 3 years: £481.50
  • Variation fee: £71 per hour of officer time

Dog breeding licence

  • Application fee: £61
  • Grant fee:
    • 1 year: £317
    • 2 years: £362.50
    • 3 years: £426.50
  • Variation fee: £71 per hour of officer time

Home boarding of dogs

  • Application fee: £61
  • Grant fee:
    • 1 year: £269
    • 2 years: £329.50
    • 3 years: £456.50
  • Variation fee: £71 per hour of officer time
  • Franchisee host family inspection: £66

Hiring out horses

  • Application fee: £61
  • Grant fee for less than 11 horses:
    • 1 year: £436
    • 2 years: £501.50
    • 3 years: £566.50
  • Grant fee for more than 11 horses:
    • 1 year: £522
    • 2 years: £588
    • 3 years: £654
  • Variation fee: £71 per hour of officer time

Selling animals as pets

  • Application fee: £61
  • Grant fee:
    • 1 year: £181.50 for fish only
    • 2 years: £247 for fish only
    • 3 years: £310 for fish only
  • Grant fee:
    • 1 year: £275 for other animals (excluding dogs and cats)
    • 2 years: £310 for other animals (excluding dogs and cats)
    • 3 years: £376 for other animals (excluding dogs and cats)
  • Grant fee:
    • 1 year: £328.50 for other animals (including dogs and cats)
    • 2 years: £393.50 for other animals (including dogs and cats)
    • 3 years: £456.40 for other animals (including dogs and cats)
  • Variation fee: £71 per hour of officer time

Dangerous wild animals

  • Application fee for dwarf caiman or serval: £285.50
  • Application fee for any other animal: £426.50
  • Grant fee:
    • 2 years: £145
  • Variation fee: £71 per hour of officer time

Keeping animals for exhibition

  • Application fee: £61
  • Grant fee:
    • 3 years: £244
  • Variation fee: £71 per hour of officer time

Zoo licence

  • New application fee: £494.50
  • Grant fee:
    • 4 years: £1374
  • Renewal fee:
    • 6 years: £2132
  • Transfer fee: £71 per hour of officer time