Multiple dog walking licence application form

If you would like to walk more than four (and up to a maximum of eight) dogs in certain parks and open spaces in Wandsworth, you will need apply for a licence.

To start your application, please use this form to provide us with:

• Your full name
• Your address
• Your home telephone number
• Your mobile telephone number (if applicable)
• Your fax number (if applicable)
• Your email address (if applicable)
• Details of your previous experience of multiple dog walking
• Details of any previous dog related convictions
• A list of parks/open spaces you would like to use and the times you would like to use them 
• Your National Insurance number
• Two references, one of which must be from a vet

Once your application has been received, you will be asked to attend a meeting with the Senior Dog Control Officer, where the following will be checked:

• Your contact details
• Your experience of multiple dog walking
• The parks and open spaces that you would like to use
• Your understanding of and preparedness to comply with the bye-laws and the Code of Conduct
• Your public liability insurance (minimum £2 million cover)

Please bring the following documents with you to the meeting:

• Copies of two utilities bills as proof of address
• A copy of your public liability insurance certificate
• Two passport photographs

If our Senior Dog Control Officer is satisfied that the you are a responsible dog walker, then they will issue you with a licence.

The Senior Dog Control Officer may also issue a licence but place certain restrictions. For example, if you have limited experience, then the numbers of dogs may be restricted to less than eight.