• If you live in a property with its own entrance and garden

You can keep two dogs and cats. You can also keep birds, rabbits or similar small domestic animals as pets. You do not need to ask our permission to keep these pets.

• If you share a garden or live in a building with a shared entrance

You can keep indoor birds or small domestic animals, for example a hamster without asking our permission.

• If you want to erect a structure to house an animal

You will need our permission if you want to put up a structure or container outside, which is larger than a small dog kennel or rabbit hutch, in which to keep your pets.

• In all cases

You must make sure that your pets do not cause any nuisance to neighbours.
If you want to keep more pets than described above, or different kinds of pets, you must get our permission first.
If you share a garden or an entrance, we may need to talk to your neighbours about your request.
You must not breed animals without asking our permission as we will consider this to be running a business from your home.