A licence is required if you keep or train animals for exhibition activities and this is carried out as a commercial business.

Examples of businesses requiring this type of licence include:

• mobile animal exhibits that visit schools
• weddings
• private parties
• fairs
• any other events that have an audience
• pony parties where the ponies are not ridden
• businesses which keep animals for exhibition through electronic media, for example, animals used in films or TV

Applying for a Keeping or Training Animals for Exhibition Licence

To apply for a primate licence please email contact.centre@chorley.gov.uk or enquire by post to Civic Offices, Union Street, Chorley, PR7 1AL.  An application form can then be sent to you.

Before applying for any animal licence, you may wish to discuss your business proposal with us first.

We aim to process applications within 21 days.

Keeping or Training Animals for Exhibition Licence Criteria

The licence conditions set out a range of requirements on the care and management of animals kept or trained for exhibition to protect their welfare. These include the need:

• for a suitable environment
• for a suitable diet and feeding plan
• to be able to exhibit normal behaviour patterns
• to be housed with, or apart from, other animals
• to be protected from pain, suffering, injury, and disease

Cost of a Keeping or Training Animals for Exhibition Licence

There is an application fee of £178 (non-refundable) for a keeping or training animals for exhibiton licence, with a further fee payable on grant of the licence of £120. Application payment to be made by ringing the council office on 01257 515151.