How Newbury and West Berkshire's council licenses dog boarders
Every one of the nine dog day cares and home boarders listed for Newbury and West Berkshire needs a council licence to operate: it is a legal requirement in England, not something a business can opt out of. Unlike towns split across more than one licensing authority, all nine sit under a single council, West Berkshire Council, across the Newbury, Hungerford, Thatcham and Newbury-villages areas covered by this site.
Why no star rating shows here
England's licensing regulations give every operator a star rating from a risk-based inspection, but this site only shows that rating as a council licence fact when it is read from the council's own published register, not from a third-party mirror the council has not adopted as its own. West Berkshire Council's own licensing page blocked automated checking during research, so the licence number, type and expiry shown for each Newbury business come from the animal-licensing.uk register mirror instead — a third party, not the council's own site. Because West Berkshire Council has not adopted that mirror as its own register, this site does not show a star rating for any business listed for Newbury and West Berkshire, even though the mirror itself displays one for most of them. This is a rule about where the rating comes from, not a comment on any business's actual inspection result; ask a business directly what its last inspection found, or check the mirror's West Berkshire Council page yourself.
Licence numbers and expiry dates
| Business | Licence number | Expiry |
|---|---|---|
| A Dog's Retreat | 54370 | March 2027 |
| Doggy Day Care Thatcham and Newbury | 54724 | March 2028 |
| Fluffy Friends | 23275 | January 2027 |
| LK Doggy Day Care and Boarding | 23273 | January 2028 |
| Treasured Pets Pet Care Services | 21663 | July 2026 (passed) |
| Wessex Dog Boarding | 71958 | April 2028 |
| Woodland Waggy Walks | 59162 | September 2027 |
| We Love Pets Newbury | 25059 | January 2028 |
| We Love Pets Hungerford | 25059 (same licence as the Newbury branch) | January 2028 |
One expiry date that has already passed
Treasured Pets Pet Care Services' register entry lists an expiry of 4 July 2026, already passed as of this check, so no council licence panel currently shows on its page. A mirror can lag behind a genuine renewal, so this is not evidence that the business is trading unlicensed, but it is worth asking about directly, especially since its own website no longer advertises home boarding among its current services.
One shared licence, two branches
We Love Pets Newbury and We Love Pets Hungerford are both run by the same operator, Julie Turner's We Love Pets West Berks Ltd, under the same licence number, 25059, which covers both branch addresses under a single home boarding and day-care licence.
See our vaccinations and licences guide for the questions worth asking on top of the licence number itself.