You can pay for taxi licensing, alcohol and entertainment licensing, animal welfare licensing and gambling and gaming licensing, by following the appropriate link in the table below.
Find more information and guidance about all our licensing options here.
For a full list of licensing fees please see our Fee Schedule.
Taxi licensing
| Licence Application Type | Amount £ |
|---|---|
|
New/Renewal Private Hire Driver's Licence – 3years Cancellation (less than 24 hours notice) |
£ 44.60 |
|
New/Renewal Hackney Carriage Driver's Licence – 3years Cancellation (less than 24 hours notice) |
£ 44.60 |
|
New/Renewal Dual Private Hire/Hackney Carriage Driver’s Licence – 3years Cancellation (less than 24 hours notice) |
£ 44.60 |
|
224 81 |
|
|
255 81 |
|
| Private Hire Operator's Licence New - 5 year | 2650.30 |
| Private Hire Operator's Licence Renewal - 5 years | 2164.80 |
Alcohol and entertainment licensing
| Licence Application Type | Amount £ |
|---|---|
| Sex Establishments - Grant | 5321.30 |
| Sex Establishments - Renewal | 2956.30 |
| Premises Licence | Various |
| Minor Variation of Premises Licence | 89 |
| Club Premises Certificate | Various |
| Minor Variation of Club Premise Certificate | 89 |
| Temporary Event Notice | 21 |
|
Personal Licence New Application Personal Licence change of details or duplicate licence |
37 10.50 |
Animal welfare licensing
| Licence Application Type | Amount £ |
|---|---|
| Animal Boarding and doggy day care Application fee Grant fee |
£ 338.20 |
| More than one animal activity eg boarding and dog breeding | 128.90 |
| Animal activity licence variation/re-evaluation fee | 257.80 |
| Dog Breeding (plus veterinary fees) Application fee Grant fee |
248.30 205.80 |
| Hiring out horses (plus veterinary fees) Application fee Grant fee |
£ 248.30 193.70 |
| Dangerous Wild Animals (plus veterinary fees) | 424.50 |
| Selling animals as pets Application fee Grant fee |
£ 338.20 228.20 |
| Keeping or training animals for exhibition Application fee Grant fee |
338.20 228.20 |
| Zoo (plus veterinary fees) - 4 yearly | 987.40 |
Gambling and gaming licensing
| Licence Application Type | Amount £ |
|---|---|
| Bingo Premises Licence | 3150 |
| Betting Premises (excl Tracks) | 2700 |
| Tracks | 2250 |
| Family Entertainment Centre | 1800 |
| Gaming Centre | 1800 |
| Gaming Machines Notification (2 machines on licensed premises) | 50 |
| Gaming Machine Permit | 150 |
| Club Gaming Permit | 200 |
| (Small Lotteries) Registration of Non-Commercial Society - New | 40 |
| (Small Lotteries) Registration of Non-Commercial Society - Renewal | 20 |
Explosives licensing
| Licence Application Type | Amount £ |
|---|---|
|
New licences (no separation distance) 1 year |
119 |
|
Renewal (no separation distance) 1 year |
59 |
| 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 |
| Renewal - storage sites with separation distances specified 1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years |
94 161 226 291 357 |
| Explosives Licence - all year retail sale of fireworks (yearly) | 500 |
Other licensing fees
| Licence Application Type | Amount £ |
|---|---|
| Approved venue fees | 1901 |
| 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 |
| Bedford Town Centre Street Trading Consent (food) | 4961 |
| Bedford Town Centre Street Trading Consent (non-food) | 3278 |
| Outside Bedford Town Centre Trading Consent | 277.20 |
| Highways Tables and Chairs | 408 |
| Scrap Metal Dealers Site Licence | 361.80 |
| Scrap Metal Dealers Collector Licence | 180.90 |
| Variation of Licence | 91.10 |
| Tattooist, piercing and electrolysis Premises Individual Vary a skin piercing registration |
£ 171.35 101.15 50.60 |