Animal Welfare licence

• Guidance notes for breeding dogs
• Guidance notes for boarding cats
• Guidance notes for boarding dogs in kennels
• Guidance notes for dog day care
• Guidance notes for hiring out horses
• Guidance notes for exhibition of animals
• Guidance notes for selling animals as pets
• Guidance notes on providing home boarding for dogs

• Application form for breeding dogs
• Application form for boarding cats
• Application form for boarding dogs in kennels
• Application form for dog day care
• Application form for hiring out horses
• Application form for exhibition of animals
• Application form for selling animals as pets
• Application form for home boarding for dogs

Once the application has been received, we will examine the information that has been provided and we will send out an invoice.  When payment has been received and the application form with supporting documentation are all checked and ok we will then instruct the Animal Welfare Officer to arrange an inspection.

The application fees are payable following submission of a valid licence application (an invoice will be sent for payment of the Application Licence Fee). Once the inspection has been undertaken and the decision to grant a licence has been made a second invoice for payment of the Licence Compliance Fee will be sent for payment. If the second payment is not received the licence will become invalid.

Veterinary inspections and reports are required for riding establishments, zoos, dangerous wild animals and dog breeding establishments (new applications only for dog breeding) the fees are payable directly to the vet in addition to the licence fee.

Please note that licensing arrangements for Dangerous Wild Animals and for Zoos are not altered by the new regulations.

• Conditions for dangerous wild animals
• Conditions for zoos