North West licensing guides
Stockport home-boarding licensing guide
Stockport directs applicants to the Defra guidance and flags that planning permission may be needed depending on the premises and scale.
Local points to check
What Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council currently publishes
- Read the council boarding page and Defra guidance before applying.
- Check planning requirements with the council where the size or use of the premises may require permission.
- The council uses the statutory star-rating framework, which can produce a one, two or three-year licence.
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.