You can pay for taxi licensing, alcohol and entertainment licensing, animal welfare licensing and gambling and gaming licensing, by following the appropriate links in the tables below.

Fees from April 2024

Animal related licences

Licence type Fee
Dangerous Wild Animals* – 2 yearly     £424.50
Zoo* - 4 yearly      £887.40
Animal Boarding, Day Care and selling animals as pets (application)    £338.20
Animal Boarding, Day Care and selling animals as pets (grant)    £228.20
Dog Breeding* (application) £248.30
Dog Breeding* (grant) £205.80
Hiring out of horses* (application) £248.30
Hiring out of horses* (grant) £193.70
Keeping or training animals for exhibition (application) £338.20
Keeping or training animals for exhibition (grant) £228.20
Variation or re-evaluation to any of the above licences that require an inspection £257.80
Variation to any of the above licences that does not require an inspection £40
Applications for additional licensable activity fee £128.90

*Vet fees and any Defra fees will be re-charged to the business.

Approved premises for weddings and civil premises

Explosives licences

All of the below are payable via the same online link here. 

Licence type Fee
New licences (no separation distance) - 1 year  £119
New licences (no separation distance) - 2 years £154
New licences (no separation distance) - 3 years £190
New licences (no separation distance) - 4 years £226
New licences (no separation distance) - 5 years £260
Renewal (no separation distance) - 1 year £59
Renewal (no separation distance) - 2 years £94
Renewal (no separation distance) - 3 years £132
Renewal (no separation distance) - 4 years £166
Renewal (no separation distance) - 5 years £202
Varying, or proposing to vary, a licence £38
Transfer of licence £38
Replacement of licence £38
New storage sites with separation distances specified - 1 year £202
New storage sites with separation distances specified - 2 years £266
New storage sites with separation distances specified - 3 years £333
New storage sites with separation distances specified - 4 years £409
New storage sites with separation distances specified - 5 years £463
Renewal - storage sites with separation distances specified - 1 year  £94
Renewal - storage sites with separation distances specified - 2 years £161
Renewal - storage sites with separation distances specified - 3 years £226
Renewal - storage sites with separation distances specified - 4 years £291
Renewal - storage sites with separation distances specified - 5 years £357
Explosives Licence - all year retail sale of fireworks (yearly) £500

Gambling (Gambling Act 2005)

All of the below are payable via the same online payment link here

Premises type New application Annual fee
Bingo Club £3,150 £900
Betting Premises (excluding Tracks) £2,700 £540
Tracks £2,250 £900
Family Entertainment Centre £1,800 £675
Gaming Centre £1,800 £900
Premises type Application to Vary Application to Transfer Application for Reinstatement
Bingo Club £1,575 £1,080 £1,080
Betting Premises (excluding Tracks) £1,350 £1,080 £1,080
Tracks £1,125 £855 £855
Family Entertainment Centres £900 £855 £855
Gaming Centre £900 £1,080 £1,080

Gaming machine permits 

Permit type    Fee
Notification of 2 or fewer gaming machines £50
Gaming Machine Permit (made by an existing operator) £100
Gaming Machine Permit £150
To vary a Gaming Machine Permit £100
To transfer a Gaming Machine Permit £25
Gaming Machine Permit (Annual Fee) £50
Request that a new name be substituted for the old name specified on a Gaming Machine Permit £25
Copy of a Permit £15

Club Gaming Permit

Permit type Fee
Club Gaming Permit £200
Club Gaming Permit (made by an existing operator) £200
Renewal Club Gaming Permit £100
Renewal Club Gaming Permit (made by an existing operator) £200
Club Gaming Permit (annual fee) £50
To Vary a Club Gaming Permit £100
Copy of a Club Gaming Permit £15

Charitable permits

Permit type  Fee
(Small Lotteries) Registration of Non-Commercial Society - new £40
(Small Lotteries) Registration of Non-Commercial Society - renewal £20
House to House Collections Free
Street Collections Free

Furniture on highways and pavements

Private Hire and Hackney Carriage drivers

All of the below are payable via these online payment links:

Licence / fee type Fee
New or renewal of Private Hire or Hackney Carriage Driver Licence - 3 years (Bedford Borough resident) £351
New or renewal of Private Hire or Hackney Carriage Driver Licence - 3 years (non Bedford Borough resident) £411
New or renewal of Dual Private Hire/Taxi Driver Licence - 3 years (Bedford Borough resident) £378
New or renewal of Dual Private Hire/Taxi Driver Licence - 3 years (non Bedford Borough resident) £438
Upgrade Single Driver’s Licence to Dual Driver Licence £47.30
Change of Name/Address/Licence Details (per licence) £45.70
Replacement paper licence (no changes to details) free
Replacement badge £45.70
Driver Suitability Assessment initial test £45.70
Driver Suitability Assessment cancellation (more than 24 hours notice given) free
Driver Suitability Assessment cancellation (less than 24 hours notice given) £44.60

Petroleum storage

Type of licence Fee
Petroleum storage - not exceeding 2,500 litres (fee for each year of certification) £48
Petroleum storage - exceeding 2,500 but not 50,000 litres (fee for each year of certification) £65
Petroleum storage - exceeding 50,000 litres (fee for each year of certification) £137

Personal Licences

The following fees can be paid via the online payment link

Type of licence Fee
Application for a grant of personal licence £37
Theft, loss etc of personal licence £10.50
Duty to notify change of name or address £10.50

Private Hire and Hackney Carriage vehicles

Payment to be made via the following online links:

Licence / fee type Fee
Private Hire Vehicle Licence (12 months or less) £224
Hackney Carriage vehicle licence (12 months or less) £255
Cancellation or re-scheduling of appointment £44.60
Retest fee (following ‘Fail’ at original test) £81
Replacement licence plate £44.60
Replacement pass certificate £41
Change of name/address/licence details (per licence) £45.70
Replacement paper licence (no changes to details) free
Transfer of proprietorship of licensed vehicle £45.70
Horse Drawn Hackney Carriage £135.50

Private Hire Operators

The following fees can be paid via the online payment link

Licence type Fee
New licence - 5 years  £2650.30
Renewal 5 years £2164.80
1 year licence (exceptional circumstances only and must be agreed in advance) £432.80
Change of trading address £574.30
Change of trading name £45.70
Change of home address £45.70
Replacement (duplicate) paper licence No charge

Premises licences and club premises certificates

All premises licences are to be paid via this online link

All club certificates this link are to be paid via this online link

Type of licence Fee
Certified copy of premises licence £10.50
Application for a provisional statement where premises being built etc £315
Notification of change of name or address £10.50
Application to vary licence to specify individual as premises supervisor  £23
Application for transfer of premises licence £23
Interim authority notice following death etc of licence holder £23
Theft, loss etc of club premises certificate or summary £10.50
Notification of change of name or alteration of rules of club £10.50
Change of relevant registered address of club £10.50
Theft, loss etc of personal licence £10.50
Right of freeholder etc. to be notified of licensing matters  £21
Minor Variation of Premise Licence £89
Minor Variation of Club Premise Licence £89
Rateable value bands A B C D E
Main application fee 100 190 315 450 635
Main Annual Charge (payable one year after the grant of a licence) 70 180 295 320 350

Where premises are exclusively or primarily in the business of selling alcohol then the multiplier fees below apply for premises in bands D and E (mainly large town and city centre pubs

Band D (x 2) E (x 3)
City / town centre pub application fee £900 £1,905
City / town centre pub annual charge £640 £1,050

Scrap metal dealers (Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013)

Licence type Fee
Site Licence £361.80
Collector Licence £180.90
Variation of Licence  £91.10

Sex establishments

Type of licence Fee
Grant £5321.30
Renewal - annual £2956.30

Street Trading Consent

The following applications must be submitted with a non-refundable deposit of a £149. Should your application be successful then this fee will be taken into account against the total applicable to your application.

Inside Bedford Town Centre - food

All of the below are payable via the same online payment link here.

Type of licence Fee
Annual £4961
Per month (by prior agreement only. Please note the first 3 months must be paid in advance) £481.80
Variation £149
Other short term consents, 1 week minimum £165

Inside Bedford Town Centre - non-food

All of the below are payable via the same online payment link here.

Type of licence Non-food
Annual £3278
Per month (by prior agreement only. Please note the first 3 months must be paid in advance) £317.90
Variation £149
Other short term consents, 1 week minimum £165

Outside of Bedford town centre

All of the below are payable via the same online payment link here.

Licence type Fee
Commercial £277.20
Non-commercial £13.20
Variation £149

Tattoo, piercing and electrolysis

Type of licence Fee
Premises (registration) £202.65
Per person (registration) £119.60 per person
To vary a registration £59.80

Temporary events

The fee for a temporary event notice is £21.