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.

5 of 426 licences in Scotland for Animals, including pets and zoos

Choose from all 48 activities

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Animal boarding establishment licence (Wales and Scotland)

Contact your council to apply for a licence to run a boarding kennel or cattery in Wales or Scotland

Your council · Wales and Scotland

Animals, including pets and zoos

G

Goods vehicle operator licences

You need a goods vehicle operator’s licence if your business uses a goods vehicle with either a gross plated weight (the maximum weight that …

Traffic Commissioners · England, Wales and Scotland

Any trade

L

Licence to train racehorses (England, Scotland and Wales)

You need a licence to train racehorses to compete in steeple chases, hurdle races and national hunt flat races.

DEFRA · England, Wales and Scotland

Animals, including pets and zoos · Gambling and betting, including arcades, bingo and racing

R

Riding establishment licence (Wales and Scotland)

Apply for a riding establishment licence if you want to run a business where horses or ponies are hired out for riding or used …

Your council · Wales and Scotland

Animals, including pets and zoos · Sports

Z

Zoo licence (England, Scotland and Wales)

Apply for a licence to run a Zoo in England, Scotland or Wales; health and safety, animal well-being, inspections, renewals

Your council · England, Wales and Scotland

Animals, including pets and zoos

We have not yet mapped an enabling instrument for 1 licence 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.

Run the pre-trading quick check

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.

Find a licence