Health Approvals
Health Approval is required for certain businesses, such as food businesses, to ensure they meet health and safety standards.
This page has information to help you obtain your Health Approval for your business
Before you begin the Health Approval process
Determine if you need Health Approval with the City’s Self-Assessment Tool For innovative, tricky, or different proposals, you can book an optional pre-application meeting
Start your Health Approval application
Step 1: Compile and lodge your application
You will need to provide information to support your application and assist with assessment. Find out what information to provide by reading
the Health Approvals information sheets
Fees apply for most applications and vary depending on your business type and proposal. City Officers will let you know what fees apply.
Submit your application at the City’s Civic Centre, by post, or lodge your application online
Step 2: Your application is assessed
A Health Officer will assess your application. If the Officer needs further information, they will contact you.
Application assessments take approximately two weeks. If your application is complex, needs further information provided, or requires comments from other government agencies, assessment may take longer.
Step 3: Arrange a health inspection
If required, the Health Officer will inspect the premises to ensure it complies with legislation. The Officer will ask you when you aim to open your business. We’ll do our best to complete the inspection before that to grant your final approval to operate
To arrange your inspection, contact the City
Step 4: Obtain your Health Approval
Once the application is approved, your Health Approval and any relevant information will be emailed to you.
For more information, contact the City
You can lodge your application online or download the relevant form to complete by mail or in person at the City of Wanneroo.
Fees are applicable for most applications and will vary depending on your business type and proposal.
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Your application will be assigned to a Health Officer for assessment. If further information is required to complete the assessment, the Health Officer will contact you.
Applications tend to take approximately 2 weeks to be assessed. However, this depends on the complexity and level of information provided on lodgement and also whether comments are required from other government agencies.
If required, the Health Officer will carry out an inspection of the premises to ensure it complies with legislation.
The Health Officer will seek your advice on your preferred opening time and will endeavour to carry out the inspection prior to this.
Once the application is finalised, the approval will be emailed to the you, along with any relevant information.
