To run a business selling pet animals you need a licence from the council.
This includes all commercial selling of pet animals, including pet shops and businesses selling animals over the internet.
Apply
You can download the relevant application form from the Businesslink website:
- Application for a licence to keep a pet shop
- Application to change a pet shop licence
- Application to renew a licence to keep a pet shop
A fee of £213 is payable upon application.
Tacit approval does not apply. Please contact us if you have not heard from us within 40 days.
Contact
If you have any questions about the licence or application process, please email the Licensing team at licensing@cambridge.gov.uk or telephone 01223 457879.
The postal address is PO Box 700, Cambridge CB1 0JH.
Evaluation
We must have regard to the following when considering an application for a pet shop licence:
- that animals will be kept in suitable accommodation, for example in regards to temperature, size, lighting, ventilation and cleanliness
- adequate food and drink will be provided to the animals and they will be visited at suitable intervals
- that any mammalian animals will not be sold too young
- that steps are taken to prevent disease spreading among the animals
- that adequate fire and emergency provisions are in place
Conditions can be attached to a licence to ensure that the above are complied with.
