Commercial Services team fees and charges

Licensing/Registration/Service Fees and Charges valid until Sunday 31 March 2024

Animal Activity Licensing

Animal Boarding (kennel or cattery) (single species only)

  • New application fee - £678
  • Renewal fee - £456

Dog Home Boarding 

  • New application fee - £417
  • Renewal fee - £377

Dog Day Care

  • New application fee £504
  • Renewal fee - £456

Breeding of Dogs (domestic dwelling)

  • New application fee - £562
  • Renewal fee - £456

Breeding of Dogs (non-domestic dwelling, kennel)

  • New application fee - £678
  • Renewal fee - £563

Selling Animals as Pets

  • New application fee - £678
  • Renewal fee - £541

Combined Animal Welfare Activities (e.g., dogs and cats boarding or breeding of dogs and dog home boarding or any other combination) i.e., 2 animal welfare activities

  • New application fee £748
  • Renewal fee - £560

Franchisee Arrangers Licence

  • New application and assessment of home boarder franchisee - £417
  • Renewal application and assessment of home boarder franchisee- £377
  • Assessment of hobby host as part of an arranger franchisee licence - £377

Hiring out of Horses

  • New application fee - £634 + fee per horse
  • Renewal fee - £504 + fee per horse
  • Annual vet inspection visit - £214 + fee per horse
  • Horse fee 1 to 10 horses - £18.90 per horse
  • Horse fee 11 to 50 horses - £12.60 per horse
  • Horse fee 51 upwards - £10.08 per horse

NB. All above animal activity licence fees are inclusive of the cost for a midterm unannounced visit.

Animals for Exhibition (not subject to midterm visit or eligible for star rating - three-year licence)

  • New application fee - £483
  • Renewal fee - £405

All animal activity licence visits above are carried out on our behalf by City of London Animal Welfare Services.

Other Animal Licensing

Dangerous Wild Animals Licence (two-year licence)

  • New application fee - £356 + Veterinary fees
  • Renewal fee - £191 + Veterinary fees

Zoo Licence (four year new or six-year renewal licence)

  • New Zoo Licence - £451 + Secretary of State Veterinary standard fees + LA officer fees at £46.75 per hour
  • Renewal Zoo Licence - £451 + Secretary of State Veterinary standard fees + LA officer fees at £46.75 per hour
  • Annual Periodical or Informal Zoo Inspections - £Secretary of State Veterinary standard fees + LA officer fees at £46.75 per hour (depending upon type of inspection)

Transfer of Licence (in the event of licensee's death)

  • £80

Variation to Animal Welfare Licence

  • £80

Animal Activity Licence Star Rating Rescore

  • £200

Appeal against Animal Activity Licence Star Rating Rescore

  • £90 (refundable if appeal upheld)

Other Fees and Charges

Skin Piercing Registration - ear/body piercing, acupuncture, electrolysis, tattooing, semi-permanent tattooing, microblading

  • Registration of a New Skin Piercing business - £269.50
  • Registration of a New Practitioner at an existing Skin Piercing business - £90.20
  • Registration of a New Procedure at an existing Skin Piercing Business - £90.20
  • Existing Licence amendment (administrative) - £46.75 per hour with a minimum one-hour charge.
  • Replacement copy of practitioner registration certificate - £22

Freezer Failure

  • Certificate - £179.67

Workplace Safety

  • HASWA S.28 Statement - officer cost at £46.75 per hour.  Minimum charge £93.50

Private Water Supply

  • Water sampling, monitoring tests and supply risk assessment - cost of providing service by accredited water undertaker - monitoring, sampling and analysis is provided by Affinity Water on our behalf. Additional activities conducted by LA officers - £46.75 per hour.

Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (FHRS) Re-score Visit

  • FHRS Re-score visit request fee - £275

For further information please contact us using our online form.

(Fees as of April 2023)