Animal Boarding Establishments need to be licensed.

Who needs to apply?

Anyone wishing to carry on the business of providing accommodation for other people's dogs and cats, even if the premises is a private dwelling, must obtain a licence from the local authority.

How to apply

If you are going to board dogs or cats in Huntingdonshire, you must first apply to the planning department for permission, when permission has been granted, application forms can be obtained from the Environmental Health Services Division of Huntingdonshire District Council.  You will need to complete the application form and return it together with the fee to the Council offices in Huntingdon.

There is an application fee.  These licences need to be renewed at regular intervals.

How your application will be processed

Once your completed application for the grant of licence is received, the Council will send an authorised officer to inspect your premises.  If an acceptable report is received from the authorised officer, then we will be able to let you know the conditions that we propose to attach to your licence before it is issued.

When we receive an application to renew the licence, the Council will usually send an authorised officer of the Council to inspect your premises.  If the inspecting officer's report is satisfactory, we will be able to let you know the conditions that we propose to attach to your licence before it is issued.

What happens if my application is not successful?

On certain occasions an officer may recommend that a licence should not be issued, after consideration the Council may agree and decide not to give you a licence.  If that happens you, as the applicant, have a right of appeal to the Magistrates Court against that decision.

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