Animal licensing fees

Our animal welfare licensing fees are effective from 1st April 2023.

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: £65 per hour of officer time
• Re-inspection fee: £65 per hour of officer time
• Duplication licence: £14.50.

Boarding cats or dogs

• Application fee: £55
• Grant fee for cats;
  • 1 year: £260
  • 2 years: £320
  • 3 years: £375
• Grant fee for dogs;
  • 1 year: £290
  • 2 years: £350
  • 3 years: £400
• Variation fee: £65 per hour of officer time

Boarding cats and dogs

• Application fee: £55
• Grant fee:
  • 1 year: £450
  • 2 years: £535
  • 3 years: £625
• Variation fee: £65 per hour of officer time

Day care for dogs

• Application fee: £55
• Grant fee:
  • 1 year: £270
  • 2 years: £330
  • 3 years: £390
• Variation fee: £65 per hour of officer time

Dog breeding licence

• Application fee: £55
• Grant fee:
  • 1 year: £289
  • 2 years: £330
  • 3 years: £388
• Variation fee: £65 per hour of officer time

Home boarding of dogs

• Application fee: £55
• Grant fee:
  • 1 year: £245
  • 2 years: £300
  • 3 years: £415
• Variation fee: £65 per hour of officer time
• Franchisee host family inspection: £60

Hiring out horses

• Application fee: £55
• Grant fee for less than 11 horses:
  • 1 year: £397
  • 2 years: £456
  • 3 years: £515
• Grant fee for more than 11 horses:
  • 1 year: £475
  • 2 years: £535
  • 3 years: £595
• Variation fee: £65 per hour of officer time

Selling animals as pets

• Application fee: £65
• Grant fee:
  • 1 year: £165
  • 2 years: £225 for fish only
  • 3 years: £282 for fish only
• Grant fee:
  • 1 year: £250
  • 2 years: £282 for other animals
  • 3 years: £342 excluding dogs and cats
• Grant fee:
  • 1 year: £299
  • 2 years: £358 for other animals
  • 3 years: £415 including dogs and cats
• Variation fee: £65 per hour of officer time

Dangerous wild animals

• Application fee for dwarf caiman or serval: £260
• Application fee for any other animal: £388
• Grant fee:
  • 2 years: £132
• Variation fee: £65 per hour of officer time

Keeping animals for exhibition

• Application fee: £55
• Grant fee:
  • 3 years: £222
• Variation fee: £65 per hour of officer time

Zoo licence

• New application fee: £450
• Grant fee:
  • 4 years: £1250
• Renewal fee:
  • 6 years: £1940
• Transfer fee: £65 per hour of officer time