You must apply for an animal welfare licence if you:
- sell animals as pets
- provide or arrange boarding for cats or dogs
- provide day care for dogs
- breed dogs
- hire out horses
- keep or train animals for exhibition
You must also comply with the:
Please send you completed form to:
Environmental Health
Woking Borough Council
Civic Offices
Gloucester Square
Woking
GU21 6YL
Licence fees
We charge a licence fee for all licence applications.
Selling animals as pets
This licence covers selling animals in a shop or online. Pet animals include:
- fish
- amphibians
- reptiles
- birds
- mammals
Selling animals as pets application form
Catteries – providing or arranging boarding for cats
This licence is for any premises that provide or arrange overnight accommodation for other people's cats.
Providing or arranging boarding for cats application form
Kennels and home boarding – providing or arranging boarding for dogs
This licence is for any premises that provide or arrange overnight accommodation for other people's dogs in a commercial or residential setting.
Providing or arranging boarding for dogs application form
Day care for dogs
This licence is for any premises or home which provide accommodation for other people's dogs during the day.
Providing or arranging boarding for dogs application form
Breeding dogs
This licence is for breeding 3 or more litters of puppies in any 12 month period. This is with the intention to sell and/or breed dogs and advertising a business to sell dogs.
Breeding dogs application form
Hiring out horses
This licence is for any business which operates a riding school and/or hires out horses and/or ponies.
Hiring out horses application form
Keeping or training animals for exhibition
This licence is for any business which keeps animals for exhibition for educational or entertainment purposes to live or virtual audiences. This includes:
- mobile animal exhibits that visit schools
- weddings
- private parties
- fairs
- other events where an audience is present
- pony parties where the ponies are not ridden
- petting farms
Keeping or training animals for exhibition application form
Renewals
Before a licence expires, we will send you the relevant application forms and notification of fees.
Please also familiarise yourself with the new licensing conditions.