FI16961
Request
- Your current fee schedule for all Animal Activity Licences (covering all licensable activities, e.g. dog boarding/kennels, home boarding for dogs, dog day care, dog breeding, cat boarding, selling animals as pets, hiring out horses, keeping or training animals for exhibition), including any variation by star rating or licence duration.
- A copy of any document, policy, report or methodology that sets out how these fees have been calculated, including what cost components are included (for example: officer/inspector time, veterinary fees, administration costs, enforcement costs, management on-costs, IT/licensing software costs).
- The hourly rate(s) used for officer and/or inspector time when calculating fees, and whether on-costs (such as pension contributions, National Insurance, and management overhead) are included in that rate.
- Whether your authority uses full cost recovery as the basis for fee-setting, and if not, what basis is used and why.
- The date on which your current fees were last reviewed or approved, and a copy of any committee report, delegated decision notice or other document by which those fees were formally agreed.
- Whether your authority has ever recorded a surplus or deficit on Animal Activity Licensing income versus expenditure, and if so, how any surplus or deficit has been treated in subsequent fee-setting.
Response
1. This is available on the Council’s website at https://www.dover.gov.uk/Business/Licensing/Animal-Welfare/Animal-Activity-Licence-Fees-2026-2027.pdf.
2. See attached.
3. The hourly rates include on costs
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Position
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P/H Cost £'s
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Head of Legal and Licensing
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169.82
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Licensing Manager
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121.44
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Licensing Enforcement Officer
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74.11
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Licensing Officer
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61.48
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Technical Support Officer
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50.90
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4.Yes.
5. Approved on 12 January 2026. The report is online at:
https://moderngov.dover.gov.uk/documents/s64908/Fees%20and%20Charges%20Report.pdf
https://moderngov.dover.gov.uk/documents/s64909/Fees%20and%20Charges%20Appendices.pdf
6. The Council intends to carry out a full review of the licensing fees and charges in the summer of 2026, and this will inform the budget setting for 2027/28. Following this, the surplus and deficit on each licensing strand will be determined so this can be taken into account for future fee setting.
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