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Application fees from 1 August 2025

* Licences are for three years unless otherwise stated 

* Site notice where premises involved

List of licence application fees
Type of licence Fee
Taxi operators £523
Private hire care operators £523
Taxi/private hire car drivers (grant)  £216
Taxi/private hire car drivers (renewal) £156
Street traders £263
Street traders (employee) £132
Street traders (employee - one year) £55
Second hand car dealers* £388
Second hand dealers (general)* £263
Metal dealers/motor salvage operators* and itinerant metal dealers £263
Market operators* - proposed minimum fee up to 20 stalls (£23 per stall thereafter) £473
Public entertainment (full)* £263
Public entertainment (temporary up to 12 days and/or up to 500 attendees) £53
Public entertainment (temporary up to 12 days and/or up to 501 - 1000 attendees) £170
Public entrainment (temporary up to 12 days and/or 1001 - 1500  attendees) £263
Public entertainment - for example, festivals, raves - proposed minimum fee of £4,533 or 1% of gross income* £4,669
Late hours catering* £263
Houses in multiple occupation - grant* £602
Houses in multiple occupation - renewal* £377
Sex shops* £467
Skin piercing and tattooing* £315
Window cleaners £263
Window cleaners (employee) £132
Window cleaners (employee - one year licence) £55
Taxi/private hire car booking office - public* £363
Taxi/private hire car booking office - non-public* £242
Knife dealers (including public notice)** £486
Hypnotism Permit (temporary) £53

Temporary licence (up to 12 days, in any calendar year, less than 500 persons) 

Date(s) to be stated on application at the time of lodgement

£53
Temporary licence (consecutive six week period) £170
Certified true copy of a licence £40

Material change to Licence (variation) 

(if change of licence holder or premises - new application required)*

£87

Vehicle certificate of compliance fees

List of vehicle certificate of compliance fees
DescriptionFee
Vehicle test £134
Vehicle re-test £68
Meter test £43

Replacement items

List of licence fees for replacement items
DescriptionFee
ID badge £5
Taxi/PHC plate (front) £11
Taxi/PHC plate (back £13
External Door Sticker (PHC) £7
No smoking £1
Internal door card £1
Internal door card plastic pouch £2
Taxi full set £30 (£32 with no smoking stickers)
Private hire car full set  £44 (£46 with no smoking stickers)

Miscellaneous licensing

List of fees for miscellaneous licences
Type of licenceFee
Animal boarding (one year) - plus vet fees on initial application £104
Breeding of dogs (one to three years) - plus vet fees on initial application £155
Breeding of Cats (one to three years) - plus vet fees £155
Breeding of Rabbits (one to three years) - plus vet fees £155
Animal Rehoming (one to three years) - plus vet fees £155
Animal Welfare Establishments (one to three years) - plus vet fees £155
Selling of Pets (one to three years) - plus vet fees £155
Dangerous Wild Animals (one year) - plus vet fees £194
Riding establishments - (one year) - plus vet fees  £170
Venison dealers (three years) £237
Cinemas - annual - fixed by statute £600
Cinemas - annual - monthly (percentage of max fee) £200
Cinemas - annual - transfer (percentage of max fee) £120
Fireworks licence for one year (minimum separation distance of greater than 0 metres) £202
Renewal of licence (minimum separation distance of greater than 0 metres) £94
Fireworks licence for one year (no minimum separation distance or a 0 metres minimum) £119
Renewal of licence (no minimum separation distance or a 0 metres minimum) (Fixed by statute) £59
Zoo licensing £849
Display at Kilmarnock Cross/Glaisnock Centre: charitable organisations £23
Display at Kilmarnock Cross/Glaisnock Centre: commercial organisations £208
Standard bus permit (Fixed by statute) £11

Other licence fees

Contact Information

 

Licensing Board Administration
London Road
Kilmarnock
East Ayrshire
KA3 7BU
Telephone: 07557 168826