Winter support
Colchester Borough Council is providing support for residents, businesses and communities throughout winter.
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Colchester Borough Council is providing support for residents, businesses and communities throughout winter.
Find further information on the 2018 animal licensing legislation covering 9 animal-related activities, with a Primate licence introduced in 2025.
Find further information on boarding other peoples’ dogs overnight in a home environment.
Find further information on applying for an animal boarding licence for cats and dogs.
Find further information on daytime-only dog care services and related licensing requirements.
Find further information on licensing requirements for breeding dogs if selling puppies for over £1,000 annually or breeding 3 or more litters a year. Read the guidance before applying.
Find further information on zoo licensing if displaying wild animals to the public for 7 or more days per year, excluding circuses and pet shops.
Find further information on licensing requirements for exhibiting animals to the public, free or for charge, more than 7 times a year.
By law, all puppies from 8 weeks and kittens from 20 weeks must be microchipped.
Breeding, owning, selling, or rehoming unlicensed XL Bullys is illegal. Guidance is available on what to do if you have an unlicensed XL Bully.