FOI/EIR 25/26-491-Animal Licensing

Provision of details of every current animal licence

Request received 14 January 2026

We would like to request information relating to licenced animal operators in the area for which you are responsible. For each operator with a licence issued under the Animal Welfare (LIAIA) (England) Regulations 2018 would you please provide:

• Licence number
• Operator name
• Type of Licence (Commercial boarding cats, Commercial boarding dogs, home boarding dogs, Dog Day care/arranger, Dog breeding, Hiring of Horses, Exhibition animals, Selling as pets)
• Star rating
• Licence expiry date
• Number and type of animals
• Address Line 1
• Address Line 2
• Address Line 3
• Postcode, Part of Postcode, Ward or town name

If possible, please provide this information in electronic format as an excel spreadsheet.

Responded 9 February 2026

Please see attachment.

We have not provided information relating to the one zoo licence we have in the district, and this is refused under FOI Exemption Section 31(1)(a) – Prevention and Detection of Crime.
We have not provided address data for dog breeding establishments. This is refused under FOI Exemption Section 31(1)(a) – Prevention and Detection of Crime; we have however provided the company name.
In respect of those requests that are answered in full, partially or the total refused, please take this as notice under FOIA, that we:
a) Consider the information as exempt from disclosure under the Act;
b) Claim exempt under sections of the Act:
Section 31(1)(a) – Law Enforcement
c) State why the exemption applies:
(1) Information which is not exempt information by virtue of section 30 is exempt information if its disclosure under this Act would, or would be likely to, prejudice—
(a) the prevention or detection of crime
As Section 31 is a qualified exemption, we, the authority, must consider the balance of public interest in the circumstances of the request.