How Brentwood's council licenses dog boarders
Home boarding, day care and boarding kennels are all licensed activities in England, and Brentwood Borough Council gives every licensed premises a star rating from one to five as part of its inspection. All six areas covered by this site — Brentwood, Shenfield, Hutton, Warley, Pilgrims Hatch and Ingatestone — sit inside Brentwood Borough, so a single council's register covers every business listed here.
A PDF register with a star rating
Brentwood Borough Council publishes its register of licensed animal premises as a PDF, giving a licence number, category and star rating for every business it licenses. Nine of the eleven businesses listed for Brentwood were matched to a specific line in the council's own register.
| Business | Council licence rating |
|---|---|
| Bed and Biscuit | 5 stars |
| DogRunners | 3 stars |
| Pawtopia Doggy Daycare & Dog Hotel | 5 stars |
| Weald Walkies | 5 stars |
| Marion's Home Dog Boarding | 5 stars |
| Top Dog Brentwood | 4 stars |
| Arllaide Boarding Kennels & Cattery | 2 stars |
| Ladybird Kennel & Cattery | 5 stars |
| In The Doghouse | 5 stars |
| We Love Pets Brentwood | Not matched to a register line |
| The K9 Paddocks | Not matched to a register line |
What the rating means
A council licence rating is a government inspection score, not a customer review, and this site shows it as its own labelled fact, never mixed in with a Google or other customer rating. Six of the nine matched businesses currently carry the top, five-star rating; Arllaide Boarding Kennels & Cattery carries the lowest, at two stars. A rating reflects the inspection that produced it, not a permanent guarantee of standards on any later date, so ask to see the current licence certificate and what the most recent inspection found.
Licence expiry dates
Expiry dates on the register run from Arllaide Boarding Kennels & Cattery's 31 December 2026 out to two licences not due for renewal until 2029. An expiry date does not affect the star rating shown here, since a rating reflects the most recent inspection rather than when the licence itself runs out; ask any business whether its licence has been renewed if the date on record is close.
The two not matched
We Love Pets Brentwood and The K9 Paddocks both describe a real, locally trading business, but neither could be matched to a named line in the council's register current at the time this page was researched. This does not necessarily mean either is unlicensed — a licence may sit under a different trading name, or postdate the register — but it does mean no star rating can be shown for either; ask each directly for its current licence certificate.
Excluded from this page
Brentwood's register also licenses dog breeding, pet shops, horse hiring and exhibition animals; none of these are dog day care or boarding, so none appears on this site. Cattery-only businesses on the register are excluded too, since this is a dog-boarding directory.