Registration of Food Premises
If you are planning to start a new catering business, you must register your premises with the Environmental Health Services department of the District Council 28 days before opening.
This is a legal requirement under the Food Premises (Registration) Regulations 1991 and applies to most types of food businesses, including catering businesses run from home and mobile or temporary premises such as stalls and burger vans.
Any premise (fixed or mobile) which are used for the purpose of a food business for a total of 5 or more days in a five week period, should be registered. This requirement includes domestic premises except those where only bed and breakfast is provided in not more than 3 bedrooms. Other exemptions include places run by voluntary or charitable organisations and used only be them, if no food (except tea, coffee, biscuits or similar) are stored there.
A mobile food business should be registered at the address at which the unit is normally garaged.
There is no charge for registration and registration cannot be refused. It is not subject to periodic renewal.
Remember you may need planning permission to alter your premises.
Should you require a registration form, please click on the link below and print off the application form, complete and return it to the address on the form:-
Application form to register a food premises (PDF 60Kb)
Help - How to access PDF files
This is a legal requirement under the Food Premises (Registration) Regulations 1991 and applies to most types of food businesses, including catering businesses run from home and mobile or temporary premises such as stalls and burger vans.
Any premise (fixed or mobile) which are used for the purpose of a food business for a total of 5 or more days in a five week period, should be registered. This requirement includes domestic premises except those where only bed and breakfast is provided in not more than 3 bedrooms. Other exemptions include places run by voluntary or charitable organisations and used only be them, if no food (except tea, coffee, biscuits or similar) are stored there.
A mobile food business should be registered at the address at which the unit is normally garaged.
There is no charge for registration and registration cannot be refused. It is not subject to periodic renewal.
Remember you may need planning permission to alter your premises.
Should you require a registration form, please click on the link below and print off the application form, complete and return it to the address on the form:-
Application form to register a food premises (PDF 60Kb)
Help - How to access PDF files
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