Animal welfare licensing fees

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: £69 per hour of officer time
• Re-inspection fee: £69 per hour of officer time
• Duplication licence: £15

Boarding cats or dogs

• Application fee: £59
• Grant fee for cats;
  • 1 year: £277
  • 2 years: £341
  • 3 years: £400
• Grant fee for dogs;
  • 1 year: £309
  • 2 years: £373
  • 3 years: £427
• Variation fee: £69 per hour of officer time

Boarding cats and dogs

• Application fee: £59
• Grant fee:
  • 1 year: £480
  • 2 years: £571
  • 3 years: £667
• Variation fee: £69 per hour of officer time

Day care for dogs

• Application fee: £59
• Grant fee:
  • 1 year: £288
  • 2 years: £352
  • 3 years: £416
• Variation fee: £69 per hour of officer time

Dog breeding licence

• Application fee: £59
• Grant fee:
  • 1 year: £308
  • 2 years: £352
  • 3 years: £414
• Variation fee: £69 per hour of officer time

Home boarding of dogs

• Application fee: £59
• Grant fee:
  • 1 year: £261
  • 2 years: £320
  • 3 years: £443
• Variation fee: £69 per hour of officer time
• Franchisee host family inspection: £64

Hiring out horses

• Application fee: £59
• Grant fee for less than 11 horses:
  • 1 year: £424
  • 2 years: £487
  • 3 years: £550
• Grant fee for more than 11 horses:
  • 1 year: £507
  • 2 years: £571
  • 3 years: £635
• Variation fee: £69 per hour of officer time

Selling animals as pets

• Application fee: £59
• Grant fee:
  • 1 year: £176 for fish only
  • 2 years: £240 for fish only
  • 3 years: £301 for fish only
• Grant fee:
  • 1 year: £267 for other animals (excluding dogs and cats)
  • 2 years: £301 for other animals (excluding dogs and cats)
  • 3 years: £365 for other animals (excluding dogs and cats)
• Grant fee:
  • 1 year: £319 for other animals (including dogs and cats)
  • 2 years: £382 for other animals (including dogs and cats)
  • 3 years: £443 for other animals (including dogs and cats)
• Variation fee: £69 per hour of officer time

Dangerous wild animals

• Application fee for dwarf caiman or serval: £277
• Application fee for any other animal: £414
• Grant fee:
  • 2 years: £141
• Variation fee: £69 per hour of officer time

Keeping animals for exhibition

• Application fee: £59
• Grant fee:
  • 3 years: £237
• Variation fee: £69 per hour of officer time

Zoo licence

• New application fee: £480
• Grant fee:
  • 4 years: £1334
• Renewal fee:
  • 6 years: £2070
• Transfer fee: £69 per hour of officer time