Like any other home-based business, you must get development approval before you can start operating a home-based food business.

Depending on what you're proposing, this can be done through either a Development Application (DA) or a Complying Development Certificate (CDC). If you need development advice please phone Council’s Duty Planner on (02) 4227 7111 between 9am to 5pm on work days.

Council assesses applications for food businesses based on risk. Our Town Planners and Environmental Health Officers will only approve low risk home-based food businesses.

If you intend to produce high-risk foods or use commercial appliances you must operate out of a commercial kitchen. High risk foods include sushi, raw eggs, smoking meats, sous vide, or large scale operations that produce more than 10kg of food per week.