Animal activity licence fees

Licence Fees 2024/25
Licence TypeFee
Dangerous Wild Animals: New £409.00 + vet fees
Dangerous Wild Animals: Renewal £190.00 + vet fees
Zoos £432.00 + vet fees
Copy Licence £20.00
Administration Fee £43.00

With effect from 1st October 2018, The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 introduced a new licensing regime for the following licences / activities.

The fees payable are as follows:

Licence types
Licence TypeFee
Boarding for Cats and / or Dogs (includes boarding in Kennels or Catteries) 
Commercial Boarding for Cats £382.00
Commercial Boarding for Dogs £382.00
Commercial Boarding for both Cats and Dogs £529.00
(£382.00 + £147.00 additional activity fee)
Day Care for Dogs £314.00 
Home Boarding for Dogs £314.00

Franchisees (Home Boarding for Dogs)

Fee includes 1 host family inspection. Each additional host family inspection £58.00

£314.00
Dog Breeding £382.00 + vet fees
Hiring Out Horses £372.00 + vet fees
Keeping or Training Animals for Exhibition £304.00
Selling Animals as Pets £349.00
Request for a Re-inspection £147.00
Variation of an Existing Licence £190.00
Additional Activity £147.00
Copy Licence £20.00
Administration Fee £43.00
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