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)