Full results of our survey of dog business related charges across the UK, covering fees for dog walking, kenneling, daycare, breeding, boarding and pet shop licences.
Read the news story summary here.
2023 Local Authority Dog Licence Research
| Nation | Local Authority | Dog Walking | Kenneling | Day Care | Breeding | Boarding Franchise (If stated) | Home Boarding | Pet Shop | Licencing Fees Page | Notes | |
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| England | Adur and Worthing Borough Council | £390.00 | £298.00 | £164.00 | £230.00 | £230.00 | Website | ||||
| England | Adur District Council | See Adur and Worthing | |||||||||
| England | Allerdale Borough Council | £204.17 | £204.17 | £204.17 | £204.17 | Fees are set by by Cumberland CC | |||||
| England | Amber Valley Borough Council | £310.00 | £310.00 | £260.00 | £310.00 | ||||||
| England | Arun District Council | £379.00 | £406.00 | £381.00 | £408.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Ashfield District Council | £330.00 | £400.00 | £280.00 | £330.00 | £400.00 | Website | ||||
| England | Ashford Borough Council | £390.00 | £425.00 | £485.00 | £390.00 | £455.00 | Website | ||||
| England | Aylesbury Vale District Council | £627.00 | £846.00 | £581.00 | £598.00 | Website | Fees are set by Bucks CC | ||||
| England | Babergh District Council | £321.00 | £392.00 | £365.00 | £392.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council | £293.97 | £375.00 | £293.97 | £293.97 | Website | |||||
| England | Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council | £156.00 | £156.00 | £156.00 | £156.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Basildon Borough Council | £194.00 | £127.00 | £194.00 | |||||||
| England | Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council | £478.00 | £372.00 | £478.00 | |||||||
| England | Bassetlaw District Council | £403.00 | £527.00 | £398.00 | £410.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Bath and North East Somerset Council | £532.00 | £532.00 | £532.00 | Website | ||||||
| England | Bedford Borough Council | £397.50 | £496.00 | Website | |||||||
| England | Birmingham City Council | £288.50 | £181.16 | £273.90 | Website | ||||||
| England | Blaby District Council | £209.00 | £209.00 | £209.00 | £209.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | £375.00 | £375.00 | £375.00 | £375.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Blackpool Borough Council | £140.00 | £140.00 | £140.00 | £140.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Bolsover District Council | £277.85 | £294.65 | £277.85 | £283.53 | ||||||
| England | Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | £76.00 | £149.00 | £76.00 | £154.00 | ||||||
| England | Borough of Broxbourne | £452.00 | £452.00 | £434.00 | £452.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Borough of Poole | £426.00 | £426.00 | £426.00 | £426.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Boston Borough Council | ||||||||||
| England | Bournemouth Borough Council | Fees applied at town government level. | |||||||||
| England | Bracknell Forest Council | £416.00 | £416.00 | £96.00 | £128.00 | £352.00 | Website | ||||
| England | Bradford Metropolitan District Council | £107.00 | £75.00 | £107.00 | £84.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Braintree District Council | £366.00 | £366.00 | £366.00 | £366.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Breckland District Council | £490.00 | £515.00 | £435.00 | £205.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Brentwood Borough Council | £440.00 | £440.00 | £440.00 | £440.00 | ||||||
| England | Brighton and Hove City Council | £386.00 | £419.00 | £349.00 | £364.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Bristol City Council | £286.00 | £348.00 | £234.00 | £338.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Broadland District Council | £207.50 | £234.50 | £207.50 | £125.50 | Website | |||||
| England | Bromsgrove District Council | £413.00 | £413.00 | £413.00 | £413.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Broxtowe Borough Council | £335.00 | £425.00 | £180.00 | £215.00 | £340.00 | Website | ||||
| England | Buckinghamshire County Council | £627.00 | £846.00 | £581.00 | £598.00 | Website | Additional Fees for extra Species | ||||
| England | Burnley Borough Council | £204.00 | £203.00 | £170.00 | £192.00 | ||||||
| England | Bury Metropolitan Borough Council | £325.00 | £314.00 | £300.00 | £130.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council | £450.40 | £450.40 | £190.36 | £190.36 | £354.92 | Website | ||||
| England | Cambridge City Council | £484.40 | £228.00 | £484.40 | £229.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Cambridgeshire County Council | Fees applied at town government level. | |||||||||
| England | Cannock Chase District Council | £451.00 | £451.00 | £451.00 | £451.00 | ||||||
| England | Canterbury City Council | £309.50 | £309.00 | £309.50 | £445.50 | Website | |||||
| England | Carlisle City Council | £238.20 | £238.20 | £176.30 | £229.90 | Website | |||||
| England | Castle Point Borough Council | £307.00 | £369.00 | £277.00 | £369.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Central Bedfordshire Council | £380.00 | £380.00 | £380.00 | £380.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Charnwood Borough Council | £220.00 | £220.00 | Website | |||||||
| England | Chelmsford City Council | £156.00 | £211.00 | £156.00 | £214.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Cheltenham Borough Council | £292.00 | £330.00 | £292.00 | £412.00 | ||||||
| England | Cherwell District Council | ||||||||||
| England | Cheshire East Council (Unitary) | £432.00 | “2,025.00” | £432.00 | £450.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Cheshire West and Chester Council | £530.00 | £800.00 | ||||||||
| England | Chesterfield Borough Council | £302.00 | £302.00 | £302.00 | £302.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Chichester District Council | £580.00 | £855.00 | £380.00 | £505.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Chiltern District Council | ||||||||||
| England | Chorley Council | £176.57 | £188.64 | £138.55 | £158.46 | ||||||
| England | Christchurch Borough Council | Defaults to Bournemouth -BCP Council | |||||||||
| England | City of Lincoln Council | Not available on website. Iti is possible that the Counci is no longer licensing these type of activities within the Council Area. | |||||||||
| England | City of London | No activities under Animal Activities Legislation Allowed. | |||||||||
| England | City of York Council | £222.00 | £342.00 | £126.00 | £222.00 | £342.00 | Website | ||||
| England | Colchester Borough Council | £490.00 | £333.00 | £296.00 | £411.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Copeland Borough Council | Defaults to Cumberland Council | |||||||||
| England | Corby Borough Council | Defaults to North Northhamptonshire Council | |||||||||
| England | Cornwall Council (Unitary) | £365.00 | £445.00 | £370.00 | Website | ||||||
| England | Cotswold District Council | £364.00 | £318.00 | £265.00 | £265.00 | ||||||
| England | Coventry City Council | £374.00 | £405.00 | £405.00 | £405.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Craven District Council | Re-directs to North Yorkshire Council | |||||||||
| England | Crawley Borough Council | £434.50 | £434.50 | £434.50 | N/A | Website | |||||
| England | Cunberland Council | £238.20 | £179.30 | £229.90 | |||||||
| England | Cumbria County Council | No longer exists | |||||||||
| England | Dacorum Council | £459.00 | £460.00 | £606.00 | £459.00 | £457.00 | |||||
| England | Darlington Borough Council | £289.00 | £289.00 | £226.00 | £233.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Dartford Borough Council | £381.00 | £417.00 | £381.00 | £417.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Daventry District Council | Defaultsd to West Northhamptonshire Council | |||||||||
| England | Derby City Council | £475.00 | “1,034.00” | £382.00 | Website | ||||||
| England | Derbyshire County Council | County Council – Animal License is Responsiblity of Local Councils | |||||||||
| England | Derbyshire Dales District Council | No information on site | |||||||||
| England | Devon County Council | County Council – Animal License is Responsiblity of Local Councils | |||||||||
| England | Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council | £563.00 | £582.00 | ||||||||
| England | Dorset County Council | £450.00 | £450.00 | £450.00 | £450.00 | £450.00 | Website | ||||
| England | Dover District Council | £632.00 | £411.00 | £676.00 | |||||||
| England | Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council | £193.33 | £193.33 | £193.33 | Website | ||||||
| England | Durham County Council | £245.00 | £415.00 | £245.00 | £245.00 | £245.00 | Website | ||||
| England | East Cambridgeshire District Council | £292.00 | £292.00 | £292.00 | £197.00 | ||||||
| England | East Devon District Council | £330.00 | £330.00 | £330.00 | £330.00 | Website | |||||
| England | East Dorset District Council | Defaults to Dorset Council | |||||||||
| England | East Hampshire District Council | £462.35 | £612.85 | £462.35 | £482.10 | ||||||
| England | East Hertfordshire District Council | £461.00 | £461.00 | £461.00 | £461.00 | Website | |||||
| England | East Lindsey District Council | £350.00 | £350.00 | £350.00 | £350.00 | Website | |||||
| England | East Northamptonshire Council | Defaults to North Northamptonshire Council | |||||||||
| England | East Riding of Yorkshire Council | £250.00 | £250.00 | £192.00 | £100.00 | ||||||
| England | East Staffordshire Borough Council | £305.00 | £305.00 | £305.00 | £305.00 | Website | |||||
| England | East Suffolk Council | £319.00 | £319.00 | £319.00 | £319.00 | ||||||
| England | East Sussex County Council | County Council – Animal License is Responsiblity of Local Councils | |||||||||
| England | Eastbourne Borough Council | £250.00 | £277.50 | £250.00 | £277.50 | ||||||
| England | Eastleigh Borough Council | £290.00 | £380.00 | £105.00 | £275.00 | £515.00 | |||||
| England | Eden District Council | Website | County Council – See Link for local councils | ||||||||
| England | Elmbridge Borough Council | £397.31 | £397.31 | £335.82 | £397.31 | ||||||
| England | Epping Forest District Council | £426.50 | £554.40 | £426.50 | £554.40 | Website | |||||
| England | Epsom and Ewell Borough Council | Website | Web Pages for License fees down | ||||||||
| England | Erewash Borough Council | £313.00 | £313.00 | £313.00 | £313.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Essex County Council | County Council – Animal License is Responsiblity of Local Councils | |||||||||
| England | Exeter City Council | £720.00 | £720.00 | £720.00 | £720.00 | ||||||
| England | Fareham Borough Council | £209.00 | £176.00 | £143.00 | £143.00 | ||||||
| England | Fenland District Council | £404.00 | £455.00 | £404.00 | |||||||
| England | Folkestone and Hythe District Council | £374.00 | £314.00 | £374.00 | £394.00 | ||||||
| England | Forest Heath District Council | £317.26 | £361.46 | £238.17 | £361.46 | Defaults to West Suffolk County Council | |||||
| England | Forest of Dean District Council | £241.00 | £294.00 | £241.00 | £241.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Fylde Borough Council | £125.00 | £125.00 | Website | |||||||
| England | Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council | £226.00 | £226.00 | £86.90 | £247.50 | Website | |||||
| England | Gedling Borough Council | £425.00 | £410.00 | £425.00 | £373.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Gloucester City Council | £223.00 | £223.00 | £223.00 | £223.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Gloucestershire County Council | Animal Licensing now devolved to local district councils making up the County Council Area | |||||||||
| England | Gosport Borough Council | £201.00 | £235.00 | £201.00 | £201.00 | £235.00 | |||||
| England | Gravesham Borough Council | £601.00 | £601.00 | £601.00 | £601.00 | ||||||
| England | Great Yarmouth Borough Council | £350.00 | £290.00 | Website | |||||||
| England | Guildford Borough Council | £999.40 | “1,099.60” | £999.40 | £708.00 | ||||||
| England | Halton Borough Council | £195.24 | £342.35 | £195.24 | £216.74 | ||||||
| England | Hambleton District Council | Re-directs to North Yorkshire Council | |||||||||
| England | Hampshire County Council | Animal Licensing now devolved to local district councils making up the County Council Area | |||||||||
| England | Harborough District Council | £285.00 | £235.00 | £285.00 | £260.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Harlow Council | £357.00 | £367.00 | £357.00 | £355.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Harrogate Borough Council | Re-directs to North Yorkshire Council | |||||||||
| England | Hart District Council | £399.00 | £428.00 | £399.00 | £399.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Hartlepool Borough Council | Website down | |||||||||
| England | Hastings Borough Council | £323.00 | £289.00 | £323.00 | £277.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Havant Borough Council | £501.00 | £663.00 | £501.00 | £521.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Herefordshire Council | “1,107.00” | £993.00 | £518.00 | £779.00 | £460.00 | |||||
| England | Hertfordshire County Council | Animal Licensing now devolved to local district councils making up the County Council Area | |||||||||
| England | Hertsmere Borough Council | £388.00 | £404.00 | £135.00 | £399.00 | £693.00 | |||||
| England | High Peak Borough Council | £300.00 | £600.00 | £750.00 | £400.00 | £300.00 | |||||
| England | Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council | £143.22 | £194.98 | £143.22 | £238.38 | ||||||
| England | Horsham District Council | £393.00 | £393.00 | £367.00 | £393.00 | ||||||
| England | Huntingdonshire District Council | £406.00 | £275.00 | Website | |||||||
| England | Hyndburn Borough Council | Not available on website. | |||||||||
| England | Ipswich Borough Council | £131.00 | £180.00 | £131.00 | £180.00 | ||||||
| England | Isle of Wight Council | £500.00 | £400.00 | £500.00 | |||||||
| England | Isles of Scilly | Pet Shops & Other facilites Not allowed | |||||||||
| England | Kent County Council | Animal Licensing now devolved to local district councils making up the County Council Area | |||||||||
| England | King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council | £260.00 | £330.00 | £260.00 | £265.00 | ||||||
| England | Kingston-upon-Hull City Council | £155.00 | £185.00 | £65.00 | £166.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Kirklees Council | £354.00 | £368.00 | £354.00 | £375.00 | ||||||
| England | Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | £303.00 | £345.00 | £262.00 | £303.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Lancashire County Council | Animal Licensing now devolved to local district councils making up the County Council Area | |||||||||
| England | Lancaster City Council | £193.70 | £209.40 | £193.70 | £193.70 | ||||||
| England | Leeds City Council | £609.00 | £609.00 | £403.50 | £403.50 | Website | |||||
| England | Leicester City Council | £261.00 | £253.00 | £261.00 | £261.00 | £372.00 | Website | ||||
| England | Leicestershire County Council | Animal Licensing now devolved to local district councils making up the County Council Area | |||||||||
| England | Lewes and Eastbourne Councils | £250.00 | £277.00 | £250.00 | £277.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Lichfield District Council | £295.00 | £325.00 | £295.00 | £325.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Lincolnshire County Council | Animal Licensing now devolved to local district councils making up the County Council Area | |||||||||
| England | Liverpool City Council | £306.00 | £368.00 | £306.00 | £560.00 | Website | |||||
| England | London Borough of Barking and Dagenham | £452.00 | £641.00 | £441.00 | £641.00 | Website | |||||
| England | London Borough of Barnet | £403.10 | £523.51 | £323.42 | £503.35 | ||||||
| England | London Borough of Bexley | £609.00 | £769.00 | £609.00 | “1,030.00” | Website | |||||
| England | London Borough of Brent | £345.00 | £324.00 | £345.00 | £324.00 | Website | |||||
| England | London Borough of Bromley | £358.00 | N/A | £282.00 | £282.00 | £453.00 | Website | ||||
| England | London Borough of Camden | £520.00 | £595.00 | £335.00 | £460.00 | £595.00 | |||||
| England | London Borough of Croydon | £651.00 | £672.00 | £504.00 | £504.00 | £672.00 | Website | ||||
| England | London Borough of Ealing | £433.00 | £543.00 | £433.00 | £543.00 | ||||||
| England | London Borough of Enfield | £818.00 | £836.00 | £818.00 | “1,385.00” | ||||||
| England | London Borough of Hackney | £510.00 | £585.00 | £450.00 | £450.00 | £245.00 | |||||
| England | London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham | £175 | £574.60 | £497.60 | £575.70 | £433.50 | 575.5 | Website | |||
| England | London Borough of Haringey | Not available on website. | |||||||||
| England | London Borough of Harrow | 604 | |||||||||
| England | London Borough of Havering | £493.00 | £526.00 | £493.00 | |||||||
| England | London Borough of Hillingdon | £435.50 | £435.50 | £435.50 | £435.50 | £435.50 | Website | ||||
| England | London Borough of Hounslow | £225.00 | £110.00 | £225.00 | Website | ||||||
| England | London Borough of Islington | Website | Not available on website. | ||||||||
| England | London Borough of Lambeth | £366.99 | £699.00 | £589.70 | £681.40 | £502.70 | 699 | Website | |||
| England | London Borough of Lewisham | £732.60 | £732.60 | £732.60 | £732.60 | £732.60 | Website | ||||
| England | London Borough of Merton | £370.00 | £535.00 | £471.00 | £630.00 | ||||||
| England | London Borough of Newham | Website | Not available on website. | ||||||||
| England | London Borough of Redbridge | £285.00 | £310.00 | £285.00 | £255.00 | Website | |||||
| England | London Borough of Richmond upon Thames | £409.00 | £604.00 | £502.00 | £502.00 | £604.00 | Website | ||||
| England | London Borough of Southwark | £588.00 | £588.00 | £544.00 | £639.00 | Website | |||||
| England | London Borough of Sutton | £817.00 | £656.00 | £767.00 | Website | ||||||
| England | London Borough of Tower Hamlets | £466.00 | £466.00 | £466.00 | £466.00 | Website | |||||
| England | London Borough of Waltham Forest | Not available on website. | |||||||||
| England | London Borough of Wandsworth | £409.00 | £638.00 | £545.00 | £689.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Luton Borough Council | £531.00 | £531.00 | £386.00 | £531.00 | ||||||
| England | Maidstone Borough Council | £505.00 | £730.00 | £340.00 | £505.00 | £685.00 | Website | ||||
| England | Maldon District Council | £431.00 | £478.00 | £347.00 | £431.00 | ||||||
| England | Malvern Hills District Council | £513.00 | £513.00 | £513.00 | £513.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Manchester City Council | £167.00 | £223.00 | £195.00 | £648.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Mansfield District Council | £246.00 | £252.00 | £177.00 | £215.00 | £691.00 | |||||
| England | Medway Council | £310.00 | £888.00 | £310.00 | £733.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Melton Borough Council | £149.60 | £227.10 | £227.10 | Website | ||||||
| England | Mendip District Council | See Somerset Council | |||||||||
| England | Mid Devon District Council | £569.00 | £623.00 | £569.00 | £624.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Mid Suffolk District Council | £365.00 | £390.00 | £115.00 | £321.00 | £392.00 | |||||
| England | Mid Sussex District Council | £403.00 | £403.00 | £132.00 | £403.00 | £437.00 | Website | ||||
| England | Middlesbrough Borough Council | Not available on website. | |||||||||
| England | Milton Keynes | £463.00 | £361.00 | £457.00 | £722.80 | ||||||
| England | Mole Valley District Council | £223.69 | £232.75 | £223.69 | £232.75 | Website | |||||
| England | New Forest District Council | £246.00 | £345.00 | £246.00 | £301.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Newark and Sherwood District Council | £205.00 | £200.00 | £180.00 | £195.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Council | £323.00 | £323.00 | £323.00 | £323.00 | ||||||
| England | Newcastle-upon-Tyne City Council | £150.00 | £150.00 | Website | |||||||
| England | Norfolk County Council | Animal Licensing now devolved to local district councils making up the County Council Area | |||||||||
| England | North Devon Council | £392.00 | £415.00 | £369.00 | £415.00 | ||||||
| England | North Dorset District Council | Redirects to Dorset Council | |||||||||
| England | North East Derbyshire District Council | £277.85 | £294.65 | £277.85 | £283.53 | ||||||
| England | North East Lincolnshire Council | £422.00 | £583.00 | £502.00 | £445.00 | £468.00 | Website | Fees are issued for 3 years | |||
| England | North Hertfordshire District Council | £409.00 | £409.00 | £449.50 | £368.25 | £465.25 | Website | ||||
| England | North Kesteven District Council | £345.65 | £703.52 | £345.65 | £274.96 | Website | |||||
| England | North Lincolnshire Council | £278.00 | £918.00 | £278.00 | £337.00 | £511.00 | |||||
| England | North Norfolk District Council | £337.00 | £420.00 | £337.00 | £337.00 | ||||||
| England | North Somerset Council | £258.00 | £258.00 | £258.00 | £258.00 | £258.00 | |||||
| England | North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council | £270.00 | £320.00 | £239.00 | £305.00 | Website | |||||
| England | North Warwickshire Borough Council | £227.70 | £228.00 | £113.90 | £228.00 | ||||||
| England | North West Leicestershire District Council | £231.50 | £131.50 | £231.50 | £191.50 | ||||||
| England | North Yorkshire Council | £315.00 | £315.00 | £315.00 | £315.00 | £315.00 | Website | Rates are Indicative as fees being harmonised across several former council areas | |||
| England | West Northamptonshire Council | £492.80 | £509.85 | £453.00 | £556.60 | Website | |||||
| England | Northamptonshire County Council | Animal Licensing now devolved to local district councils making up the County Council Area | |||||||||
| England | Northumberland Council | £248.00 | £248.00 | £248.00 | £225.00 | ||||||
| England | Norwich City Council | £596.00 | £556.00 | Website | |||||||
| England | Nottingham City Council | £350.00 | £295.00 | £350.00 | £350.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Nottinghamshire County Council | Animal Licensing now devolved to local district councils making up the County Council Area | |||||||||
| England | Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council | £392.00 | £315.00 | £392.00 | £415.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Oadby and Wigston District Council | £500.00 | £330.00 | ||||||||
| England | Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | £453.00 | £539.00 | £367.00 | £495.00 | ||||||
| England | Oxford City Council | £330.00 | £330.00 | ||||||||
| England | Oxfordshire County Council | Animal Licensing now devolved to local district councils making up the County Council Area | |||||||||
| England | Pendle Borough Council | £333.00 | £465.00 | £333.00 | £270.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Peterborough City Council | £365.00 | £490.00 | £600.00 | £490.00 | £507.00 | Website | ||||
| England | Plymouth City Council | £576.00 | £636.00 | £676.00 | £590.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Portsmouth City Council | £175.00 | £175.00 | £175.00 | £175.00 | £175.00 | Website | ||||
| England | Preston City Council | £450.50 | £397.50 | £450.50 | £450.50 | ||||||
| England | Reading Borough Council | £370.00 | £370.00 | £575.00 | Website | ||||||
| England | Redcar and Cleveland Council | £220.00 | £220.00 | £220.00 | £220.00 | £220.00 | Website | ||||
| England | Redditch Borough Council | £513.00 | £513.00 | £513.00 | £513.00 | £513.00 | |||||
| England | Reigate & Banstead Borough Council | £337.00 | £398.00 | £398.00 | £337.00 | £448.00 | Website | ||||
| England | Ribble Valley Borough Council | £337.50 | £409.00 | £337.50 | £283.50 | ||||||
| England | Richmondshire District Council | Re-directs to North Yorkshire Council | |||||||||
| England | Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | £457.00 | £464.00 | £457.00 | £457.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Rochford District Council | ||||||||||
| England | Rossendale Borough Council | £380.00 | £461.00 | £571.00 | £384.00 | £380.00 | |||||
| England | Rother District Council | £250.00 | £250.00 | £250.00 | £250.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council | £337.00 | £337.00 | £337.00 | £337.00 | ||||||
| England | Royal Borough of Greenwich | £363.79 | £363.79 | £363.79 | £363.79 | £724.90 | Website | ||||
| England | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea | £641.00 | £973.00 | £574.00 | £725.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames | £636.00 | £917.00 | £636.00 | £767.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead | £456.00 | £563.00 | £377.00 | £377.00 | £541.00 | Website | ||||
| England | Rugby Borough Council | £130.00 | £190.00 | £130.00 | £145.00 | ||||||
| England | Runnymede Borough Council | £402.00 | £428.00 | £402.00 | £428.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Rushcliffe Borough Council | £571.00 | £558.00 | £571.00 | £465.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Rushmoor Borough Council | £630.31 | £577.69 | £537.49 | £761.60 | Website | |||||
| England | Rutland County Council | £342.00 | £519.00 | £342.00 | £538.00 | ||||||
| England | Ryedale District Council | Re-directs to North Yorkshire Council | |||||||||
| England | Salford City Council | £463.00 | £338.00 | £213.00 | £268.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | £250.00 | £115.00 | £250.00 | £250.00 | Website | See individual forms. | ||||
| England | Scarborough Borough Council | Re-directs to North Yorkshire Council | |||||||||
| England | Sedgemoor District Council | Re-directs to Somerset Council | |||||||||
| England | Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council | £360.12 | £342.71 | £360.12 | £342.71 | Website | |||||
| England | Selby District Council | Re-directs to North Yorkshire Council | |||||||||
| England | Sevenoaks District Council | £422.00 | £409.00 | £422.00 | £409.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Sheffield City Council | Website | Not available on website. | ||||||||
| England | Shepway District Council | Re-directs to Folkestone and Hythe | |||||||||
| England | Shropshire Council – Unitary | £511.00 | £489.00 | £511.00 | £514.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Slough Borough Council | £340.60 | £340.60 | £340.60 | £340.60 | Website | |||||
| England | Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council | £365.00 | £343.00 | £365.00 | £423.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Somerset County Council | £326.00 | £311.00 | ||||||||
| England | South Buckinghamshire District Council | £627.00 | £846.00 | £145.00 | £581.00 | £598.00 | Website | ||||
| England | South Cambridgeshire District Council | £716.00 | £332.00 | £349.00 | Website | ||||||
| England | South Derbyshire District Council | £350.00 | £430.00 | £208.00 | £452.00 | Website | |||||
| England | South Gloucestershire Council | Not available on website. | |||||||||
| England | South Hams District Council | £350.70 | £350.70 | £276.70 | £350.70 | Website | |||||
| England | South Holland District Council | £339.00 | £349.00 | £339.00 | £329.00 | Website | |||||
| England | South Kesteven District Council | £344.00 | £447.70 | £250.10 | £355.00 | ||||||
| England | South Lakeland District Council | £234.91 | £184.62 | £212.79 | |||||||
| England | South Norfolk District Council | £207.50 | £234.50 | £295.50 | £225.50 | Website | |||||
| England | South Northamptonshire Council | Defaults to West Nothamptonshire Council | |||||||||
| England | South Oxfordshire District Council | £378.50 | £378.50 | £378.50 | £378.50 | £378.50 | Website | ||||
| England | South Ribble Borough Council | £253.27 | £274.87 | £253.27 | £296.67 | Website | |||||
| England | South Somerset District Council | Defaults to Somerset Council | |||||||||
| England | South Staffordshire Council | Not available on website. | |||||||||
| England | South Tyneside Council | £158.00 | £158.00 | £158.00 | £118.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Southampton City Council | £210.00 | £184.00 | £305.00 | Website | ||||||
| England | Southend-on-Sea Borough Council | Fees file corrupt. | |||||||||
| England | Spelthorne Borough Council | £521.00 | £521.00 | £521.00 | £521.00 | £521.00 | Website | ||||
| England | St Albans City and District Council | £510.00 | £437.00 | £327.00 | £418.00 | ||||||
| England | St Edmundsbury Borough Council | Defaults to West Suffolk Council | |||||||||
| England | St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | £288.03 | £399.56 | £377.26 | £288.03 | £310.34 | Website | ||||
| England | Stafford Borough Council | £305.00 | £305.00 | £305.00 | £305.00 | £305.00 | |||||
| England | Staffordshire County Council | County Council – Animal License is Responsiblity of Local Councils | |||||||||
| England | Staffordshire Moorlands District Council | £400.00 | £600.00 | £750.00 | £400.00 | £300.00 | |||||
| England | Stevenage Borough Council | £217.00 | £343.00 | £217.00 | £217.00 | £343.00 | Website | ||||
| England | Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council | £200.00 | £200.00 | £200.00 | £200.00 | ||||||
| England | Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council | £286.00 | £348.00 | £286.00 | £286.00 | £305.00 | Website | ||||
| England | Stoke-on-Trent City Council | £208.00 | £208.00 | £208.00 | £208.00 | ||||||
| England | Stratford-on-Avon District Council | £236.00 | £528.00 | £236.00 | £506.00 | ||||||
| England | Stroud District Council | £221.00 | £287.00 | £252.00 | £218.00 | £286.00 | |||||
| England | Suffolk County Council | Animal Licensing now devolved to local district councils making up the County Council Area | |||||||||
| England | Sunderland City Council | £382.02 | £355.62 | £506.80 | |||||||
| England | Surrey County Council | Animal Licensing now devolved to local district councils making up the County Council Area | |||||||||
| England | Surrey Heath Borough Council | £159.50 | £203.50 | £159.50 | £203.50 | Website | |||||
| England | Swale Borough Council | £392.10 | £392.10 | £392.10 | £392.10 | £392.10 | |||||
| England | Swindon Borough Council | 525 | 650 | 305 | 460 | 525 | Website | ||||
| England | Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | £447.00 | £354.00 | £369.00 | Website | ||||||
| England | Tamworth Borough Council | £346.00 | £346.00 | £346.00 | £346.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Tandridge District Council | ||||||||||
| England | Taunton Deane Borough Council | See Somerset Council | |||||||||
| England | Teignbridge District Council | £190.00 | £190.00 | Website | |||||||
| England | Telford & Wrekin Council | £480.00 | £685.00 | ||||||||
| England | Tendring District Council | £247.00 | £247.00 | £199.00 | £199.00 | £247.00 | |||||
| England | Test Valley Borough Council | £299.00 | £265.00 | £238.00 | £307.00 | ||||||
| England | Tewkesbury Borough Council | £368.00 | £313.00 | £171.00 | £368.00 | £313.00 | |||||
| England | Thanet District Council | £240.00 | £480.00 | £340.00 | £300.00 | ||||||
| England | Three Rivers District Council | £236.47 | £284.62 | £160.50 | £211.86 | £284.62 | |||||
| England | Thurrock Council | £380.00 | £380.00 | £380.00 | £380.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council | £673.00 | £715.00 | “1,105.00” | £673.00 | £627.00 | Website | ||||
| England | Torbay Council | £466.00 | £526.00 | £424.00 | £526.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Torridge District Council | £330.00 | £360.00 | £285.00 | £330.00 | ||||||
| England | Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council | £425.00 | £559.00 | £338.00 | £469.00 | ||||||
| England | Tunbridge Wells Borough Council | £625.00 | £520.00 | £625.00 | £625.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Uttlesford District Council | £507.50 | £483.50 | £428.00 | £501.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Vale of White Horse District Council | £378.50 | £378.50 | £378.50 | Website | ||||||
| England | Wakefield Metropolitan District Council | £341.00 | £448.00 | £57.00 | £341.00 | £322.00 | |||||
| England | Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council | £125.00 | £160.00 | £125.00 | £160.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Warrington Borough Council | £365.45 | £506.64 | £284.37 | £284.37 | Website | VAT to bee added to fees | ||||
| England | Warwick District Council | Website down | |||||||||
| England | Warwickshire County Council | Animal Licensing now devolved to local district councils making up the County Council Area | |||||||||
| England | Watford Borough Council | £197.69 | £187.69 | “143,63” | £213.06 | Website | |||||
| England | Waverley Borough Council | £774.00 | £717.00 | £717.00 | £717.00 | £717.00 | Website | ||||
| England | Wealden District Council | £250.00 | £275.00 | £255.00 | £270.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Wellingborough Borough Council | £442.00 | £450.00 | £403.00 | £512.00 | Website | Now North Northhamptonshire Council | ||||
| England | Welwyn Hatfield Council | £307.00 | £342.00 | £308.00 | £307.00 | £227.00 | |||||
| England | West Berkshire Council | £416.00 | £416.00 | £96.00 | £128.00 | £352.00 | Website | ||||
| England | West Devon Borough Council | £350.70 | £350.70 | £276.70 | £350.70 | Website | |||||
| England | West Dorset District Council | £450.00 | £450.00 | £450.00 | £450.00 | Website | |||||
| England | West Lancashire Borough Council | £197.60 | £197.60 | £197.60 | £197.60 | Website | |||||
| England | West Lindsey District Council | £300.00 | £400.00 | £300.00 | £338.00 | Website | |||||
| England | West Oxfordshire District Council | £334.00 | £334.00 | £279.00 | £279.00 | Website | |||||
| England | West Somerset District Council | £296.00 | £311.00 | ||||||||
| England | West Sussex County Council | Animal Licensing now devolved to local district councils making up the County Council Area | |||||||||
| England | Westminster City Council | £624.00 | £624.00 | £655.00 | £718.00 | ||||||
| England | Weymouth and Portland Borough Council | £450.00 | £450.00 | £450.00 | £450.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council | £341.00 | £406.00 | £341.00 | £341.00 | £374.00 | Website | Includes £41 Admin Fee | |||
| England | Wiltshire Council | £315.00 | £570.00 | £300.00 | £530.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Winchester City Council | £281.00 | £293.00 | £242.00 | £242.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Wirral Council | £385.00 | £417.00 | £414.00 | £414.00 | £339.00 | Website | ||||
| England | Woking Borough Council | £364.00 | £516.00 | £364.00 | £472.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Wokingham Borough Council | £585.00 | £585.00 | £130.00 | £260.00 | £455.00 | Website | ||||
| England | Wolverhampton City Council | £273.00 | £273.00 | £273.00 | £273.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Worcester City Council | £513.00 | £513.00 | £513.00 | £513.00 | ||||||
| England | Worcestershire County Council | Animal Licensing now devolved to local district councils making up the County Council Area | |||||||||
| England | Worthing Borough Council | £390.00 | £298.00 | £164.00 | £230.00 | £230.00 | |||||
| England | Wychavon District Council | £413.00 | £413.00 | £413.00 | £413.00 | ||||||
| England | Wycombe District Council | £627.00 | £846.00 | £581.00 | £598.00 | Website | |||||
| England | Wyre Council | 332 | 332 | 271 | 341 | Website | |||||
| England | Wyre Forest District Council | £184.00 | £184.00 | £184.00 | £184.00 | Website | |||||
| Wales | Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council | Website | Service Provided by Powys CBC – www.powys.gov.uk/ | ||||||||
| Wales | Bridgend County Borough Council | £236.00 | £145.00 | £236.00 | |||||||
| Wales | Caerphilly County Borough Council | £226.00 | £153.00 | £224.00 | Website | ||||||
| Wales | Cardiff Council | £331.00 | £109.00 | £383.00 | Website | ||||||
| Wales | Carmarthenshire County Council | £435.00 | £147.00 | £428.00 | Website | ||||||
| Wales | Ceredigion County Council | “1,505.00” | £222.00 | £540.00 | |||||||
| Wales | Conwy County Borough Council | £224.00 | £234.00 | £224.00 | £183.00 | Website | |||||
| Wales | Denbighshire County Council | £150.00 | £150.00 | £150.00 | Website | ||||||
| Wales | Flintshire County Council | £147.74 | £109.20 | £147.74 | Website | ||||||
| Wales | Gwynedd County Council | Website | |||||||||
| Wales | Isle of Anglesey County Council | £195.19 | £195.19 | £195.19 | £195.19 | ||||||
| Wales | Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council | £279.17 | £285.26 | £247.78 | Website | ||||||
| Wales | Monmouthshire County Council | Not available on website. Request by email | |||||||||
| Wales | Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council | £315.00 | £220.00 | Website | |||||||
| Wales | Newport City Council | £136.24 | £164.32 | £136.24 | Website | “We offer a pre- application audit inspection service for a fee of £50 per hour, where we will inspect your premises for suitability and offer advice before you apply for a licence. | |||||
| If your licence application is not successful and you would like a re-audit visit, a further fee of £50 per hour will be payable.” | |||||||||||
| Wales | Pembrokeshire County Council | £654.00 | £754.50 | £597.00 | £679.50 | Website | |||||
| Wales | Powys County Council | £572.00 | £290.00 | £429.00 | Website | ||||||
| Wales | Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council | £120.00 | £153.00 | Website | |||||||
| Wales | Swansea City and Borough Council | £159.00 | £111.00 | £182.00 | Website | All fees are excluding Vet fees. Fees for the Vet will be invoiced where applicable. | |||||
| Wales | Torfaen County Borough Council | £292.88 | £286.73 | £311.68 | |||||||
| Wales | Vale of Glamorgan Council | £236.00 | £145.00 | Website | |||||||
| Wales | Wrexham County Borough Council | £351.00 | £351.00 | £351.00 | Website | ||||||
| Scotland | Aberdeen City Council | £205.00 | £205.00 | £205.00 | Website | ||||||
| Scotland | Aberdeenshire Council | £193.00 | £193.00 | £193.00 | Website | ||||||
| Scotland | Angus Council | £207.50 | £101.00 | £207.50 | Website | ||||||
| Scotland | Argyll and Bute Council | £193.65 | £144.80 | £209.80 | Website | ||||||
| Scotland | City of Edinburgh Council | £192.00 | £372.00 | £192.00 | £436.00 | ||||||
| Scotland | Clackmannanshire Council | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | Website | |||||
| Scotland | Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | £214.00 | £99.00 | £214.00 | Website | ||||||
| Scotland | Dumfries and Galloway Council | £700.00 | £200.00 | £200.00 | Website | More than 10 breeding bitches – £700 including vet fees (Vet fees now separated) | |||||
| Scotland | Dundee City Council | £100.00 | £100.00 | £100.00 | Website | ||||||
| Scotland | East Ayrshire Council | £101.00 | £101.00 | Website | |||||||
| Scotland | East Dunbartonshire Council | £222.36 | £183.12 | Website | |||||||
| Scotland | East Lothian Council | £205.00 | £69.00 | £205.00 | |||||||
| Scotland | East Renfrewshire Council | £353.75 | £141.50 | £176.87 | Website | Breeding More that 10 dogs | |||||
| Scotland | Falkirk Council | £106.10 | £74.30 | £106.10 | Website | ||||||
| Scotland | Fife Council | £213.00 | £213.00 | £131.00 | Website | ||||||
| Scotland | Glasgow City Council | £69.00 | £69.00 | £69.00 | Website | Note: Certain licences must be paid for 3 years up front. | |||||
| Scotland | Inverclyde Council | £121.00 | £190.00 | £121.00 | £190.00 | ||||||
| Scotland | Midlothian Council | £127.00 | £127.00 | £127.00 | £127.00 | Website | |||||
| Scotland | North Ayrshire Council | n/a | n/a | n/a | £199.00 | Website | |||||
| Scotland | North Lanarkshire Council | £166.60 | £132.60 | £143.20 | Website | ||||||
| Scotland | Orkney Islands Council | £147.00 | n/a | £147.00 | |||||||
| Scotland | Perth and Kinross Council | ||||||||||
| Scotland | Renfrewshire Council | £250.50 | £81.05 | £250.50 | Website | ||||||
| Scotland | Scottish Borders Council | £260.00 | £378.00 | £270.00 | Website | ||||||
| Scotland | Shetland Islands Council | £181.00 | |||||||||
| Scotland | South Ayrshire Council | £117.70 | £117.70 | Website | |||||||
| Scotland | South Lanarkshire Council | £138.83 | £96.65 | Website | |||||||
| Scotland | Stirling Council | ||||||||||
| Scotland | The Highland Council | £165.00 | £127.00 | £125.00 | £127.00 | ||||||
| Scotland | The Moray Council | £183.00 | £224.00 | £224.00 | Website | ||||||
| Scotland | West Dunbartonshire Council | £467.50 | £467.50 | Website | |||||||
| Scotland | West Lothian Council | £138.57 | £322.91 | £322.91 | £138.57 | Website | |||||
| Northern Ireland | Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council | £350.00 | Website | For Establishments with over 200 bitches, the fee will be £350 plus an amount of £50 for every additional 100 bitches. | |||||||
| Northern Ireland | Ards and North Down Borough Council | Website | Not available on website. Request by email | ||||||||
| Northern Ireland | Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council | Website | Not available on website. Request by email | ||||||||
| Northern Ireland | Belfast City Council | Website | |||||||||
| Northern Ireland | Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council | £350.00 | Website | Hobby breeders who do not sell more than 2 litters per year do not require a breeding establishment licence | |||||||
| Northern Ireland | Derry City and Strabane District Council | £350.00 | Website | Hobby breeders who do not sell more than 2 litters per year do not require a breeding establishment licence | |||||||
| Northern Ireland | Fermanagh and Omagh District Council | On Application | Website | ||||||||
| Northern Ireland | Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council | Website | |||||||||
| Northern Ireland | Mid and East Antrim Borough Council | £300.00 | Website | ||||||||
| Northern Ireland | Mid Ulster District Council – Dungannon | Website | Fees not displayed on council website | ||||||||
| Northern Ireland | Newry, Mourne and Down District Council | £350.00 | Website | Breeding fee plus an amount of £50 for every additional 100 bitches |
Notes
Research conducted 15th-30th June 2023. Some councils charge seperate vet costs, initial fees etc.
We have tried to consistently use the renewal fees (ie for year 2) and exlude one-off first year costs such as setup charges so initial year charges may be higher than the figure in the table above.
If there are multiple components we have calculated the total annual cost (after year 1) excluding vets fees.
Where charges vary for quantity (eg dog kennels accepting 1-5 dogs, 6-20 dogs, etc) we have taken the highest fee a dogs business may have to pay and actual charges may be lower.