Licence application fees

13 April 2024

Application fees from 1 April 2018

* Site notice where premises involved

** Advert in paper required

List of licence application fees
Type of licence	Fee
Taxi operators	£508
Private hire care operators	£508
Taxi/private hire car drivers (grant) *** £105 from 22.6.21 to include temp application	£210
Taxi/private hire car drivers (renewal)	£151
Street traders	£255
Street traders (employee)	£128
Second hand car dealers*	£377
Second hand dealers (general)*	£255
Metal dealers/motor salvage operators* and itinerant metal dealers	£255
Market operators* - proposed minimum fee up to 20 stalls (£23 per stall thereafter)	£459
Public entertainment*	£255
Public entertainment - for example, festivals, raves - proposed minimum fee of £4,533 or 1% of gross income*	£4,533
Late hours catering*	£255
Houses in multiple occupation - grant*	£584
Houses in multiple occupation - renewal*	£366
Sex shops*	£453
Skin piercing and tattooing*	£306
Window cleaners	£255
Window cleaners (employee)	£128
Window cleaners (employee - one year licence)	£53
Taxi/private hire car booking office - public*	£352
Taxi/private hire car booking office - non-public*	£235
Knife dealers (including public notice)**	£472
Temporary licence up to 12 days, provided that attendance during the period of licence is less than 500 persons*	£51
Temporary licence (consecutive six week period)*	£165
Certified true copy of a licence	£39
Consideration of material change of circumstances (for example change of manager) (if change of licence holder or premises - new application required)*	£84

List of vehicle certificate of compliance fees
Description	Fee
Vehicle test: £42 (licensing) and £88 (garage)	£130
Vehicle re-test: £21 (licensing) and £45 (garage)	£66
Meter test: £14.50 (licensing) and £27.50 (garage)	£42

List of licence fees for replacement items
Description	Fee
ID badge	£5
Taxi/private hire car plate	£7
Door sign	£7
No smoking	£1
Internal door card	£1
Internal door card plastic pouch	£1
Taxi full set	(£20 with no smoking stickers)
Private hire car full set	£32 (£34 with no smoking stickers)

List of fees for miscellaneous licences
Type of licence	Fee
Animal boarding - plus vet fees on initial application	£101
Breeding of dogs - plus vet fees on initial application	£101
Pet shops - plus vet fees on initial application	£101
Animal dealers (young cats and young dogs) - plus vet fees on initial app	£101
Dangerous wild animals - plus vet fees annually	£188
Riding establishments - plus vet fees annually	£165
Venison dealers (three year licence)	£230
Cinemas - annual - fixed by statute	£600
Cinemas - annual - monthly (percentage of max fee)	£200
Cinemas - annual - transfer (percentage of max fee)	£120
Theatres	£319
Fireworks licence for one year (minimum separation distance of greater than 0 metres)	£189
Renewal of licence (minimum separation distance of greater than 0 metres)	£88
Fireworks licence for one year (no minimum separation distance or a 0 metres minimum)	£111
Renewal of licence (no minimum separation distance or a 0 metres minimum) (Fixed by statute)	£55
Poison registration - grant	£33
Poison registration - renewal	£16
Poison registration - change	£8
Zoo licensing	£824
Display at Kilmarnock Cross/Glaisnock Centre: charitable organisations	£22
Display at Kilmarnock Cross/Glaisnock Centre: commercial organisations	£202
Standard bus permit (Fixed by statute)	£11

Licensing Board Administration

London Road

Kilmarnock

East Ayrshire

KA3 7BU