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Animal activities licensing

Please note before you apply that the process for obtaining a licence can take up to three months to complete. This is from submitting your application to getting the licence in hand. 

view our licensed premises spreadsheet

Dog day care

Information on licensing when providing dog day care

Dog breeding

Information on licensing for dog breeding

Home boarding for dogs

Information on licensing when providing home boarding for dogs

Dog kennel boarding

Information on licensing when providing dog kennel boarding

Selling animals as pets

Information on licensing when selling animals as pets

Keeping or training animals for exhibition

Information on licensing when keeping or training animals for exhibition

Cat boarding

Information on licensing when providing cat boarding

Hiring out horses

Information on licensing when hiring out horses

Fees and charges

See our fees and charges booklet for the costs related to any of our animal licences

Animals on the beach

Information about when and where you're allowed to take dogs and horses onto local beaches, and how we monitor the welfare of beach donkeys