Registration and approval of food businesses

Summary

If you operate food premises in the Sevenoaks District you may need to register with Sevenoaks District Council. Certain types of business may need approval

Examples of types of premises that are required to be approved by the Council are stand alone (i.e. not attached to a slaughter house, cutting plant or game handling establishment):

meat product plants
meat preparation plants
minced meat processing operations and mechanically separated meat processing plants
cold stores
milk and dairy product plants
fishery product plants
egg production plants
frogs' legs and snail production plants

If you use premises in more than one local authority area, you must register with or be approved by each authority separately.

You should contact Sevenoaks District Council's Environmental Health Commercial Team to see if you require approval. You should not operate your business without approval or registration.

Regulation summary

View a summary of the regulations relating to approval

View a summary of the regulations relating to registration

Apply online

Registration of a food business establishment

Application to change a food premises registration

Application for food premises approval

Application to change a food premises approval

As it is not possible to apply online for approval, please contact Sevenoaks District Council's Environmental Health Commercial Team for further advice.

Apply by post or in person

Complete the application form for registering a food business ( PDF File 69KB file details) and return it to Sevenoaks District Council's Environmental Health Commercial Team.