The Economic Development Team is available to guide you through which permits you may need.
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Preparing for where you will do business
The types of permits you will need will vary based on what your business vision is, together with where you would like to operate your business from.
Common business permits required
Operating from home
To run your business from home while leasing your property, you need to get permission from your landlord first.
Get in touch with our Economic Development Team and let us know what your vision is, so we can ensure that your neighbourhood is not adversely affected by your business.
Once we understand what your plan is, we will confirm if we think you need a planning permit, by checking some key criteria.
This criteria includes:
- Whether you are living in the residence
- How many people will be working from your property
- Amount of home space used by the business
- How your business will impact utilities in the neighbourhood, such as sewerage and electricity demand
- How your business will impact your neighbours.
- How your customers obtain your product from you
- What your plans are for signage
Note:
- Not all businesses require a planning permit, but it is important to investigate whether you need a permit before you proceed.
- Sometimes a planning permit can be a complex and lengthy process, which can take up to two years. The complexity will vary dependant on the proposed location and the request.
Operating a mobile business
This may be a mobile food van or mobile dog wash
Operating on private land
If your business will operate on privately owned land, please touch base with our Economic Development Team, so we can understand your vision and support you in obtaining the appropriate permits
Operating on City of Ballarat land
If you would like to operate a business on land that is controlled by the City of Ballarat, you will need to apply for an Itinerant Trading Permit
To apply, you will need to provide:
- A site plan showing the location where you wish to set up
- Proposed days and times of operation
- Vehicle registration details
- Details on what you are planning to sell
- Certificate of Currency of a public risk insurance policy with a minimum cover of $20 million
To apply for an Itinerant Trading Permit
View and print the Application for Itinerant Trading Permit
Fill out the form and return:
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Via email info@ballarat.vic.gov.au
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Via post to Regulatory Services, City of Ballarat, PO Box 655, Ballarat VIC 3353
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In person to Customer Service Officer at The Phoenix, 25 Armstrong Street South, Ballarat
Changing the use of an address
This may occur if your property was utilized for a different purpose and there has been a modification in the intended use.
It is important to investigate whether you need a planning permit before you proceed.
Our team will assess the classification of your business within the Planning Scheme and determine if it is allowed at your chosen property. We will then evaluate your business vision against the property's planning controls to advise you on whether you should apply for a Planning Permit.
Please contact our Economic Development team, who can support you in seeking advice from our Planning team on the most appropriate action for your property and business vision.
For more information, refer to the resources on this page
Busking in Ballarat
Artistic and cultural performances are an important part of our creative and vibrant city, and the City of Ballarat aims to improve and encourage such performances.
Visit or Busking permit page to apply or for further Information.
Resources
Industry Guidelines
The guidelines are designed to help you understand the permits required for your particular business sector:
Business Fact Sheets
The fact sheets are designed to help you understand the types of permits required from the City of Ballarat
Food and Liquor
Planning
Contact us
The City of Ballarat’s Economic Development Team is dedicated to supporting businesses, small, large, or just starting. By providing us with the information about your business at the start, we can direct you to the right people in the City of Ballarat to progress your vision.
The team is available to assist you to:
- Conduct initial research to identify commercial or industrial sites
- Guide you through council's regulatory processes
- Connect you with regional markets, key influencers, and business associations
- Connect you with other council services
Phone: 5320 5500
Email: economicdevelopment@ballarat.vic.gov.au
Online application form: Small Business Application
The team will then be in contact with you to discuss your business over the phone or to arrange an in person meeting.
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Other opportunities for businesses supported by City of Ballarat
Community connections through sport and food
A weekly meal hosted by the Forest Rangers Soccer Club’s for its junior players is promoting connection and community in Wendouree West.
Tracy Dean and Marilyn Tyndall know a thing or two about hospitality.
While they may be the Treasurer and Secretary of the Forest Rangers Soccer Club, Tracy and Marilyn are perhaps best known around the club and in the community for their work in the club’s canteen — specifically, the weekly meals they host for the club’s junior players.
In the past, the dinners attracted between 30 and 60 players. Now, the Thursday night dinners host more than 100 players each week, often with parents in tow.
“We started it years ago because we had a few new Sudanese players who came to training, but would often leave straight away after training,” Tracy says.
“We wanted them to get talking and get to know the other kids and build friendships, so we started the dinner.”
Building connection over time
Since the club’s first dinners, a few things have changed.
Not only has the club grown significantly, but it has also since moved into new club rooms that were built as part of the Wendouree West Recreation Reserve - Strengthening Wendouree Community Recreation Precinct Project. This project was completed early last year.
The club has also attracted a regular sponsor that provides the food for the meals each week — in the past, Marilyn and Tracy would buy discounted McCains pizzas with money they had earned from Bunnings barbecue fundraisers.
While the new facilities have played a role in attracting new people to the club, Marilyn and Tracy say the community focus of the club is keeping them there.
“We’re building connections with kids and families, it creates a lot of friendships,” Tracy says.
“We have players that have played continuously for 20 years that bring their kids — we’re doing something right, because they’re not leaving!”
Supporting the community
Through their dedication to fostering a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere, Tracy and Marilyn are not only enriching the lives of the local soccer players, but they are also strengthening the bonds that tie their community together.
For example, Marilyn and Tracy have also been known to provide some food to local families doing it tough.
“We don’t ask – we just do,” Marilyn says.
“We try to be inclusive, because it’s everybody’s club. We’re here to work for the community.”
Like to know more?
Read our news item: Sport and community combine for bright future at Wendouree West Recreation Reserve - the Strengthening Wendouree Community Recreation Precinct Project.
