Online licensing payment

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. 

You can also find a further range of all our fees in our fee schedule.  

Find more information and guidance about all our licensing options here

Taxi licensing

Licence Application Type Reference Amount £
New/Renewal Private Hire Driver's Licence – 3years
Borough resident
Resident elsewhere
New Drivers Suitability Assessment
8537/11360IN0182 351
411

42.50

New/Renewal Hackney Carriage Driver's Licence – 3years
Borough resident
Resident elsewhere
New Drivers Suitability Assessment
8537/11360IN0180 351
411
42.50
New/Renewal Dual Private Hire/Hackney Carriage Driver’s Licence – 3years
Borough resident
Resident elsewhere
New Drivers Suitability Assessment
8537/11360IN0245 378
438
42.50
Private Hire Vehicle Licence 8537/11360IN0184 224
Hackney Carriage Vehicle Licence 8537/11360IN0181 255
Private Hire Operator's Licence New - 5 year 8537/11360IN0183 2650.30
Private Hire Operator's Licence Renewal - 5 years 8537/11360IN0183 2164.80

Alcohol and entertainment licensing

Licence Application Type Reference Amount £
Sex Establishments - Grant 8512/45210IN0171 4657.50
Sex Establishments - Renewal 8512/45210IN0171 2587.50
Premises Licence 8537/11401IN0177 Various
Minor Variation of Premises Licence 8537/11401IN0177 89
Club Premises Certificate 8537/11401IN0178 Various
Minor Variation of Club Premise Certificate 8537/11401IN0178 89
Temporary Event Notice 8537/11401IN0179 21
Personal Licence 8537/11401IN0176 37

Animal welfare licensing

Licence Application Type Reference Amount £
Animal Boarding and doggy day care 
Application fee
Grant fee
8512/11400IN0160 296.05
199.95
More than one animal activity eg boarding and dog breeding 8512/11400IN0175 112.90
Animal activity licence variation/re-evaluation fee 8512/11400IN0168 225.85
Dog Breeding (plus veterinary fees) Application fee
Grant fee
8512/11400IN0631 217.35
180.15
Hiring out horses (plus veterinary fees)
Application fee
Grant fee
8512/11400IN0169 217.35
180.15
Dangerous Wild Animals (plus veterinary fees) 8512/11400IN0163 371
Selling animals as pets
Application fee
Grant fee
8512/11400IN0167 296.05
199.95
Keeping or training animals for exhibition
Application fee
Grant fee
8512/11400IN0174 296.05
199.95
Zoo (plus veterinary fees) - 4 yearly 8512/11400IN0163 864.90

Gambling and gaming licensing

Licence Application Type Reference Amount £
Bingo Premises Licence 8512/11400IN0177 3150
Betting Premises (excl Tracks) 8512/11400IN0177 2700
Tracks 8512/11400IN0177 2250
Family Entertainment Centre 8512/11400IN0177 1800
Gaming Centre 8512/11400IN0177 1800
Gaming Machines Notification (2 machines on licensed premises) 8512/11400IN0177 50
Gaming Machine Permit 8512/11400IN0177 150
Club Gaming Permit 8512/11400IN0177 200
(Small Lotteries) Registration of Non-Commercial Society - New 8512/11400 IN0173 40
(Small Lotteries) Registration of Non-Commercial Society - Renewal 8512/11400 IN0173 20

Explosives licensing

Licence Application Type Reference Amount £

New licences (no separation distance)

1 year
2 years
3 years
4 years
5 years

8200/22110IN0639

 

113
147
181
215
248

Renewal (no separation distance)

1 year 
2 years
3 years 
4 years
5 years

8200/22110IN0639

 

56
90
125
158
193

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 
2 years
3 years 
4 years
5 years

8200/22110IN0639

 

193
253
317
390
441

Renewal - storage sites with separation distances specified
1 year
2 years
3 years
4 years
5 years
8200/22110IN0639 90
153
215
277
340

 

Explosives Licence - all year retail sale of fireworks (yearly) 8200/22110IN0639 500

 

Other licensing fees

Licence Application Type Reference Amount £
Approved venue fees 11400 8517 REG004 1901
Petroleum storage - not exceeding 2,500 litres
Fee for each year of certification
8200/22110IN0639 46
Petroleum storage - exceeding 2,500 but not 50,000 litres
Fee for each year of certification
 
8200/22110IN0639 62
Petroleum storage - exceeding 50,000 litres
Fee for each year of certification
8200/221101N0639 131
Bedford Town Centre Street Trading Consent (food) 8514/11400IN0453 4510
Bedford Town Centre Street Trading Consent (non-food) 8514/11400IN0453 2980
Outside Bedford Town Centre Trading Consent 8514/11400IN0453 260.90
Highways Tables and Chairs 8514/11400IN0453 345
Scrap Metal Dealers Site Licence 8200/11400IN0406 316.95
Scrap Metal Dealers Collector Licence 8200/11400IN0406 158.40
Tattooist, piercing and electrolysis
Premises
Individual
Vary a skin piercing registration 
8512/22107IN0172 171.35
101.15
50.60