North West licensing guides
Cheshire East home-boarding licensing guide
Cheshire East publishes an animal-welfare licensing policy, application information and a separate environmental-health fee schedule.
Local points to check
What Cheshire East Council currently publishes
- Read the council animal-welfare licensing policy as well as the national guidance.
- The council fee schedule currently describes a pre-application inspection as recommended for new premises.
- Confirm which home-boarding capacity band and additional charges apply before submitting payment.
A practical order of work
- 1Confirm the licensable activity, proposed capacity and premises with the council.
- 2Read the current national conditions and the council application guidance in full.
- 3Prepare your premises plan, operating procedures, emergency arrangements and staff evidence.
- 4Make dog, owner, emergency-contact, vet, consent, vaccination and daily-care records retrievable.
- 5Confirm the latest fee, payment stages, inspection process and expected lead time with the council.