Animal licencing guidance
To assist applicants, guidance notes for each of the licensable activities is available The guidance explains the conditions that businesses need to meet in order to receive an animal activities licence.
This guidance covers:
- dog breeding
- pet selling
- hiring out horses
- boarding for dogs and cats
- home boarding for dogs
- dog day care
- keeping or training animals for exhibition
These contain further information on what will be required to meet the conditions. They also provide advice as to what steps applicants can take to possibly achieve a higher star rating.
Once a completed application and payment has been received, we will examine the information provided, then contact applicants to arrange an inspection.
We recommend that applicants check they have the correct permissions to use their property or premises for the business applied for. For example, there are restrictions on running businesses in domestic Council properties.
The guidance documents for each activity can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/animal-activities-licensing-guidance-for-local-authorities