You must create a public notice using this format as a template which you will need to place in at least one local and one national newspaper and display at the planned zoo site.

Notice of Intention to Apply for a Zoo Licence 

(New Zoos & existing Zoos subject to a Direction  under Section 6(1) (b) of the Act)

Zoo Licensing Act 1981 – Section 2

Name & address of applicant (Please note the application must be in the name of a person or a body [company]) hereby give notice that in not less than two months after publication of this notice we intend to make an application to East Devon District Council for a licence to operate a proposed zoo at (the name and address including post code of the premises to be licensed should be entered here).

A written notice of the intention to make application for a zoo licence, giving details about the proposed zoo, has been sent to the East Devon District Council.  This may be inspected, free of charge, at the office of the East Devon District Council, Knowle, Sidmouth, Devon, EX10 8HL on any working day between the hours of 8.30 am and 5.00 pm.  A copy of the notice may also be viewed on the licensing pages of the Council’s website at http://www.eastdevon.gov.uk/licensing  

Any person wishing to make representations to the notice may do so by writing to

The Licensing Manager, East Devon District Council, Council Offices, Blackdown House, Honiton, EX14 1EJ

Signed  ......................................................................

             Applicant / on behalf of the applicant

Insert full name .........................................................

 

Dated  ........................................................................