Apply and renew licences for dog breeding

The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018

Licence applications

If you intend to breed from dogs and sell the puppies or you want to run a dog breeding business then you will need to apply for a licence.

You will need to complete a Dog Breeding Licence application form. 

Alternatively you can download our application form here and return this to us via email at environmentalhealth@eastdevon.gov.uk.

See running a dog breeding business for more information.

What you will need

You will need to provide us with information about the business such as your operating procedures outlining how you meet and comply with each of the conditions of the licence.

The following documents will need to be available for inspection during your visit:

• Preventative Healthcare Plan/ Biosecurity Risk Assessment (signed by applicant’s registered veterinarian).

• Staff Training Policy

• Cleaning and Hygiene procedure

• Feeding procedure

• Disease control and prevention procedure

• Transport Procedure

• Monitoring and Ensuring Health and Welfare of Animals Procedure

• Death and Escape of Animals Procedure

• Emergency Plan

• Site plan of premises

• Public Liability Insurance Certificate

• List of staff qualifications

• Staff training records for each member of staff (including volunteers)

• DBS Certificate

• Dealing with difficult dogs procedure.

• Enrichment plan for all dogs

• Introduction of new dogs policy

 For a full checklist of documents, click here. 

You can find further guidance available at Dog Breeding

Licence renewals

If you hold a dog breeding licence this will need to be renewed before the expiry date every year.  Please make sure you have applied to renew your licence at least 3 months before it expires to give us time to arrange the inspection. You will need to complete a Dog Breeding Licence Renewal application.

Any personal information which you provide will be held and used by East Devon District Council for the purpose of issuing you with a licence for dog breeding and on the basis of public task.

 

Who will receive or see my personal information?

Your information may also be shared within East Devon District Council for the purposes of carrying out our lawful functions. Otherwise your personal information will not be disclosed to anybody outside East Devon District Council without your permission, unless there is a lawful reason to do so, for example disclosure is necessary for crime prevention or detection purposes. Your information will be held securely and will not be retained for any longer than is necessary. There are a number of rights available to you in relation to our use of your personal information, depending on the reason for processing. Further detail about our use of your personal information can be found in the relevant Privacy Notice.