Riding Establishments need to be licensed.

Who needs to apply?

Anyone carrying on the business of keeping horses to be let out on hire for riding or anyone keeping horses to be used in providing instruction in riding in return for payment.

How to apply

If you are going to keep horses for hire or for giving lessons 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 to the Council offices in Huntingdon.

There is an application fee.  The cost of this is dependant upon the fees charged by the Veterinary Surgeon plus an administration fee.  These licences need to be renewed annually.

How your application will be processed

Once your completed application for the grant of a licence is received, the Council will send an authorised officer of the Council and a Veterinary Surgeon/Practitioner to inspect your premises.  If an acceptable report is received from the authorised vet, 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 of licence, the Council will usually send an authorised officer of the Council and a Veterinary Surgeon/Practitioner 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 a vet 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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