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You need a licence if you provide or arrange boarding for cats or dogs.
The fees for each licence come in 2 parts:
Licences are for a period of 1, 2 or 3 years. You must apply at least 8 weeks in advance of opening for boarding.
You must prove that you can meet the licence conditions. These include showing that the animals are:
You’ll also need to:
We will inspect your premises before granting you a licence. We may also conduct extra inspections after we have granted a licence.
We award a ‘star rating’ and give higher marks for high welfare standards and a history of compliance.
Our inspection officers will also be looking for:
Star ratings apply to:
Ensure that you have or do not need planning permission to board animals. If you must do building work to house your animals then you are likely to need planning permission.
If you have so many animals that it is regarded that the nature of your home has changed to a home for dogs or cats rather than for people, we may require you to apply for planning permission for a change of use.
We must refuse a licence if we believe that you cannot meet the licence conditions. A licence cannot be issued to anyone who is disqualified.
You have the right of appeal to a first-tier tribunal within 28 days of our decision notice.
Firstly, speak to the inspecting officer. If you are still not satisfied then you can make a written appeal to us within 21 days of the licence being issued.
A manager with the licensing team will look at the appeal.
If you are still not happy with our decision following the appeal you can appeal to your local magistrates court.
You will need a licence for animal boarding activities including:
Before applying please read the licence requirements and conditions for the activity you wish to licence:
You'll need to apply at least 8 weeks before:
You’ll need the following to complete the application:
Although not always required we recommend that you also include:
There is a fee for this service. You should pay part A when you submit your application.
You’ll need a credit or debit card for this.
1. Select the button below and then follow the onscreen instructions
2. After receiving your payment receipt you’ll need to forward this email to licensing@arun.gov.uk
Apply for or renew an animal boarding licence
We will let you know in plenty of time when your current Animal licence is due to expire to allow you to complete our online renewal application.
If you allow your licence to expire without submitting a valid renewal application you will be required to submit a brand new application.
A variation is where you want to make an adjustment to the licence after we have granted it. . You’ll need to do this if the adjustment relates to the licence or if it relates to the premises or animals referred to in the licence.
There is a fee for this service.
To apply for a variation, you will need to give us the following information:
If you already have a licence but want to expand your services you should apply to add an additional activity.
For example, if you have a licence for animal boarding and you now want to also breed animals you would apply to add an additional activity.
You’ll need to include:
There is a fee for this service.
Once we have the details we will contact you to let you know how to make payment.
If you have made improvements which you think will improve your star rating then you can apply for a rescore.
Please note that the rescore could lead to us giving you a lower score.
There is a fee for this service.
You’ll need to include your:
There is a fee for this service.
Once we have the details we will contact you to let you know how to make payment.
Firstly, speak to the inspecting officer. If you are still not satisfied then you can make a written appeal to us within 21 days of the date we granted the licence.
A manager with the licensing team will look at the appeal.
If you are still not happy with our decision following the appeal you can appeal to your local magistrates court.
There is a fee for this service.
Once we have the details we will contact you to let you know how to make payment.
If you have lost or damaged your licence you will need to apply for a replacement.
There is a fee for this service.
You’ll need a credit or debit card for this.
1. Select the button below and then follow the onscreen instructions
2. After receiving your payment receipt you’ll need to forward this email to licensing@arun.gov.uk.
You’ll need to include your: