Published 30 September 2025
Documents
Details
This policy covers:
- introduction
- policy objectives
- licensable activities
- dog boarding franchise and host sites
- suitability of applicants
- safeguarding
- fees
- application process
- qualification of inspectors
- inspections
- standards and conditions
- risk assessment and rating
- granting an application
- refusing an application
- appeals to star rating
- requests for re-inspection
- variations, suspensions and revocation of licenses
- transfer of a licence upon the death of a licence holder
- dangerous wild animal licensing
- overview and who requires a licence
- length of licence
- application process
- determining an application
- licence conditions
- offences
- appeals
- primate licensing
- overview and who cannot apply
- application process
- inspections
- conditions
- revocations and variations
- offences
- enforcement
- information sharing
- primary authority
- how to contact the council
- fees and table of changes