North West licensing guides
Cheshire West and Chester home-boarding licensing guide
Cheshire West and Chester accepts new and renewal applications through its portal and lists the supporting information it expects.
Local points to check
What Cheshire West and Chester Council currently publishes
- Prepare a plan of the premises and the operating procedures listed on the council page.
- The published list includes feeding, cleaning, transport, disease control, welfare monitoring, exercise, emergency and training procedures.
- The council also lists a preventative health-care plan agreed by a veterinarian among the supporting information.
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.