Pausing your application

Situations when we can put your application on hold.

We may put an application on hold for up to 16 weeks in exceptional circumstances, but we can only do this once. After this period, you must either continue or withdraw your application.

Situations when we can put your application on hold are:

• short-term illness, injury or hospitalisation for surgery
• death in the family
• significant building work or planning difficulties
• pregnancy
• personal circumstances – if you are unavailable for a visit, for example because you are on holiday, or if you are experiencing personal difficulties such as divorce
• if you have not been able to complete a training or first aid course because it was cancelled
• staffing – if you are applying to register as childcare on non-domestic premises, and have not yet appointed a manager
• you have applied for a disqualification waiver

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