Boarding for cats or dogs
You need an animal welfare licence if you run a business premises to provide boarding for other people’s pets.
This includes:
- boarding for cats
- boarding kennels for dogs
- home boarding for dogs
- day care for dogs
Licence fees
| New | Renew | Variation (admin) | Variation (site visit) | |
| Commercial boarding – single species | £815.04 | £734.97 | £76.97 | £394.76 |
| Commercial boarding – multiple species | £911.91 | £831.84 | £76.97 | £394.76 |
| Home boarding | £642.83 | £558.29 | £76.97 | £394.76 |
| Home boarding (franchise – first host) | £642.83 | £558.29 | £76.97 | £394.76 |
| Commercial dog day care | £737.18 | £635.26 | £76.97 | £394.76 |
| Home boarding (franchise additional hosts inspection fee) | £146.49 | £146.49 | £146.49 | £146.49 |