Dog breeding

Information on dog breeding licences from 2017 to 2021.

28 February 2022

Your request and our response

1. Fees.

a. Per year from 2017 - 2021, what was the fee charged for a first-time application for a dog breeding licence (including inspection fees)?

b. Per year from 2017 - 2021, what was the fee charged for a renewal application for a dog breeding licence (including inspection fees)?

Year

First time application fee

Renewal application fee

2017

£770

£770

2018

£788 revised (after Oct 2018) £286.50 application fee + £263 grant fee

£788 revised (after Oct 2018) £263.50 application fee + £263 grant fee

2019

£286.50 application fee + £263 grant fee

£263.50 application fee + £263 grant fee

2020

£300.83 application fee + £263 grant fee

£276.68 application fee + £263.50 grant fee

2021

£357 application fee + £263 grant fee

£286.50 application fee + £263 grant fee

2. Number of approved applications for a dog breeding licence.

a. Per year from 2017 - 2021, how many first-time applications for a dog breeding licence were approved? (Please provide details on the licence length or star rating for each approval)

b. Per year from 2017 - 2021, how many renewal applications for a dog breeding licence were approved? (Please provide details on the licence length or star rating for each approval)

Year

First time applications approved

Renewal applications approved

2017

1

0

2018

0

0

2019

0

0

2020

0

0

2021

0

0

3. Per year from 2017 - 2021, how many of the licenced dog breeding establishments had quarantine or isolation facilities?

None of the 2 breeding establishments that went through the application process had quarantine/isolation facilities

4. If your local authority grants multi-year licences that are not counted as renewals each year, per year from 2017 - 2021, how many additional establishments were active due to holding a continuing multi-year licence?

No multiyear licenses were granted

5. Number of applications refused for a dog breeding licence.

a. Per year from 2017-2021, how many first-time applications for a dog breeding licence were refused (with reasons for refusal if known)?

b. Per year from 2017-2021, how many renewal applications for a dog breeding licence were refused (with reasons for refusal if known)?

Year

First time applications refused

Renewal applications refused

2017

0

0

2018

0

0

2019

0

0

2020

0

0

2021

1

0

6. Per year from 2017 - 2021, how many care notices (Scotland) or improvement notices (England and Wales) were issued to dog breeding establishments (with reasons for issue if known)?

Year

Improvement notice issued

2017

1

2018

1

2019

0

2020

0

2021

0

More specific question regarding each dog breeding licensed establishment, per year, from 2017 - 2021:

7. The number, age and breed of all breeding bitches, in each dog breeding licensed establishment. & 8. Breed(s) of male stud(s)/father(s), if different to mother's breed.

Licensed breeding establishment in 2017:

  • 6 x breeding bitches Jack Russell Terrier (age range 1-5 years old)
  • 1 x stud dog Jack Russell Terrier (2 years old)