Licences and permits
The permissions a business needs before it can trade, each one tied to the law that creates it and to the body that issues it. We point at GOV.UK for fees and forms, and never copy them.
16 of 426 licences in England for Agriculture: animals
Choose from all 48 activities
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Abstract water (England)
If you abstract water or plan to, you may need to apply for an abstraction licence.
Environment Agency · England
Agricultural analyst appointment (England, Northern Ireland, Wales)
Agricultural analysts are responsible for performing analyses on feed to ensure businesses are complying with feed safety law.
Welsh Government · England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Application to register a milk production holding (England and Wales)
Register a milk production facility in England and Wales with the Food Standards Authority (FSA).
Your council · England and Wales
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Farrier registration (England, Scotland and Wales)
If you work in farriery (shoeing horses or other equine animals) in England, Scotland or Wales, you need to be registered with the Farriers …
DEFRA · England, Wales and Scotland
Flood risk activities (England)
You may need an environmental permit to do work in or by a main river, flood defence structure or sea defence, or in a …
Environment Agency · England
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Shotgun and firearm certificates
You need a firearm or shotgun certificate issued by the police to possess, buy or acquire a firearm or shotgun, and buy ammunition
Home Office · England, Wales and Scotland
Specific risk material authorisation (England)
Your slaughterhouse must be authorised by the Food Standards Agency to remove specific risk material (SRM)
FSA · England
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Weighbridge operator certificate
Contact your council for a certificate of competence to operate a chargeable weighbridge
Your council · England, Wales and Scotland
Wool Marketing Board registration
You need to register with the British Wool Marketing Board (BWMB) if you produce wool with 4 or more sheep
DEFRA · England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
We have not yet mapped an enabling instrument for 4 licences on this list. That is a gap in our graph, not a statement about the law, and those pages say so rather than guessing.
Checking approvals more broadly?
A licence is one of several things you may need before your first day of trading. The pre-trading quick check walks the registrations, insurances and approvals alongside it.
Not sure which of these apply to you?
Our guides on finding a licence and dealing with your local council walk through the questions that decide it.