Business permit application forms

Please contact our Economy & Culture team via email or calling 5471 1745 prior to applying for any permits, so that we can assist you and streamline this process as much as possible.

On this webpage you will be able to apply for one or more permits.

These are the high-level steps you need to go through when applying for your business permits:

1. Understand which permits you are likely to need - talk to our economy & culture team, or complete self-assessment tool
2. Complete your permit application forms
3. Upload the required documents to the form
4. Submit your application
5. Our team will confirm reception and review your application
6. We will be in touch to arrange the payments of your permit applications
7. Estimated time frame 60 days

Town planning permits are made to make sure we grow the shire in a safe and meaningful way.

They are likely to be required when:

Visit our planning services, permits and applications and the planning application process – FAQs pages and learn more about business planning, permits and applications.

Registering when you buy an existing health-related business is required so that council can ensure that best practices are in place.

They are likely to be required when:

Visit our business and food registrations and the food premises page to learn more about registering and transferring a business when you buy an existing health related business.

Apply for a:

Food business permits are in place to ensure that all Mount Alexander Shire food business are safe for our citizens, visitors and environment.

They are likely to be required when:

Visit our food premises and business and food registrations pages and learn more about registering or altering a food related business.

Apply for a:

Application for registration of a food premises
Notification of a food premises - class 4
Submitting plans for comment of a food, health and prescribed accommodation premises

Accommodation business permits are in place to ensure that all Mount Alexander Shire accommodation business are safe for our residents, visitors and environment.

They are likely to be required when:

Visit our business and food registrations page to learn more about registering an accommodation business.

Apply for a accommodation business permit.

Health-related business permits are in place to ensure that all Mount Alexander Shire health and beauty related business are safe for our residents, visitors and environment.

They are likely to be required when:

Visit our business and food registrations page to learn more about registering a health-related business such as skin penetration, beauty or tattooing, prescribed accommodation, hairdressing and body art.

Apply for a health-related business such as food, health and prescribed accommodation premises.

Caravan park permits are in place to ensure that all Mount Alexander Shire caravan park and camping
businesses are safe for our residents, visitors and environment.

They are likely to be required when:

Visit our caravan parks page to learn more about registering caravan parks.

Apply for a health-related business such as food, health and prescribed accommodation premises.

Septic tank permits are in place to ensure that all Mount Alexander Shire septic tank installations are safe for our residents, visitors and the environment.

They are likely to be required when:

Visit our septic tanks page for more information on how to apply for a permit and the information you need to provide.
Apply to install or alter a septic tank system.

Footpath trading permits are in place to ensure that Mount Alexander Shire businesses who trade on the sidewalks respect our common spaces and that these are accessible and safe for our residents, visitors and environment.

They are likely to be required when:

Visit our local laws page for more information on footpath trading.

Apply for a:

A frame advertising, goods for display and outdoor eating
Itinerant trading application.