North East
Newcastle City Council
Use View Licence Register, then search by trading name, street, postcode or ward.
Council licence register
Official council sources · England
Find your council's licensed dog-boarder register
Looking for a licensed home boarder—or checking how your own business appears? Start with the register published by the local authority that grants the licence.
There is no single complete national search for home-boarder licences. Councils publish their records in different ways, and some do not publish a searchable list. This index brings together our detailed Manchester and Cheshire licensing guides and useful official-register examples across every English region. It is a starting point, not a claim that every business in that region appears here.
Detailed local guides06 AREAS
Six council areas, with the local application details already mapped.
Start with the guide for your authority, then open its current official page before applying or renewing.
Manchester
Manchester City Council
Manchester uses a common animal-licence application route and says premises are inspected before a licence is granted.
Open local guideSalfordSalford City Council
Salford publishes one boarding page for kennels, home boarding and day care, with a two-part fee and application guidance.
Open local guideTraffordTrafford Council
Trafford publishes separate application and grant charges for home boarding, with licence length linked to the licensing decision.
Open local guideStockportStockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Stockport directs applicants to the Defra guidance and flags that planning permission may be needed depending on the premises and scale.
Open local guideCheshire EastCheshire East Council
Cheshire East publishes an animal-welfare licensing policy, application information and a separate environmental-health fee schedule.
Open local guideCheshire West and ChesterCheshire West and Chester Council
Cheshire West and Chester accepts new and renewal applications through its portal and lists the supporting information it expects.
Open local guideOfficial registers around England
Check licence status at the source.
These links go to council-owned registers or licence searches. Publication formats differ, so use the local authority named on the operator's licence whenever you know it.
Open council register
North West
Burnley Borough Council
A live register with operator, trading name and current licence dates.
Animal activity register
Yorkshire and the Humber
City of York Council
Includes home boarding, licence expiry dates and council star ratings.
Animal activity register
West Midlands
Coventry City Council
A council-published list of licensed home boarders and their contact details.
Dedicated home-boarder list
East Midlands
Derby City Council
Open the latest Animal activity public register from the council page.
Animal activity register
East of England
Braintree District Council
Filter the directory by Boarding dogs (Home boarding).
Animal activity register
London
Camden Council
Choose Search the licensing public register. Coverage and search fields vary by licence type.
Council licence register
South East
Runnymede Borough Council
Filter the public directory by Home Boarding of Dogs.
Animal activity register
South West
Plymouth City Council
A filterable register with activities, expiry dates, postcode areas and star ratings.
Animal activity register
Not your council?
Find the authority for your postcode
Use GOV.UK to find your local council, then search its website for “animal activity licence register” or ask the licensing team for its current home-boarding register.
Find my local councilWhat “licensed” means
In England, commercial home boarding is licensed by the local authority. Check the activity, expiry date and licence holder on the council source before relying on a listing; inclusion here is not an endorsement by DogBoarder.
Read the current GOV.UK guidanceLinks checked 29 September 2026. Council pages and licence data can change without notice.
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