Welcome to the Australian Local Food System Policy Database. This is a collection of policies from New South Wales (NSW) and Victorian local governments that relate to healthy, sustainable, and equitable food systems.
For further information about using the database and how it was created see How to use the database. You can search the database by using the fields below. Domain refers to eight broad categories under which various topics are situated. The domains and topics are based on a framework of recommendations for local government action on creating a healthy, sustainable, and equitable food system (also located on the ‘How to use the database’ page linked above).
To cite the database: Reeve B, Carrad A, Rose N, Charlton K & Aguirre-Bielschowsky I (2021) Australian Local Food System Policy Database. Available at: https://law-food-systems.sydney.edu.au/policy-database (access date).
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| Document title | Relevant text in the policy | Domain | Topic | State | Local Government name | Council type |
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| LOCAL APPROVALS POLICY | 1.3.2 INSTALL A TENT, CARAVAN OR CAMPERVAN ON A SITE THAT IS NOT IN A CARAVAN PARK OR CAMPING GROUND (A1 ACTIVITY) LOCAL GOVERNMENT (MANUFACTURED HOME ESTATES. CARAVAN PARKS, CAMPING GROUNDS AND MOVEABLE DWELLINGS) REGULATION, 2005 CLAUSE 77 The prior approval of the Council is not required for: (a) the installation of not more than 2 caravans, campervans or tents on any land, so long as they are not occupied for more than 2 days at a time and are not occupied for more than 60 days (in total) in any single period of 12 months, or (b) the installation of not more than one caravan or campervan on land occupied by the owner of the caravan or campervan in connection with that owner’s dwelling-house, so long as it is used for habitation only by the owner or by members of the owner’s household and is maintained in a safe and healthy condition, or (c) the installation of a caravan or campervan on pastoral or agricultural land, so long as it is merely occupied seasonally by persons employed in pastoral or agricultural operations on the land. | Economic Development | Local food producers | NSW | Lachlan | Regional |
| LOCAL APPROVALS POLICY | Installation of a caravan or campervan on pastoral or agricultural land, so long as it is merely occupied seasonally by persons employed in pastoral or agricultural operations on the land. | Economic Development | Food related job creation | NSW | Tenterfield | Regional |
| LOCAL APPROVALS POLICY | Installation of a caravan or campervan on pastoral or agricultural land, so long as it is merely occupied seasonally by persons employed in pastoral or agricultural operations on the land. | Economic Development | Local food producers | NSW | Tenterfield | Regional |
| Local Approvals Policy for Mobile Food Vans | 1. Objectives The Policy aims to: a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) 2. 2.1 Ensure the Mobile Food Vans operate in accordance with the rules and restrictions within lawful car parking spaces on Council owned roads and public reserves; Ensure the operation of the Mobile Food Vans are located within appropriate locations within Council’s parks and public reserves; Ensure that food sold through Mobile Food Vans is safe and fit for human consumption; Provide guidance and assistance for people wanting to operate Mobile Food Vans within the Lockhart Local Government Area; Ensure the construction, fitting out and facilities for cleaning utensils, articles, fitting and appliances in the Vans are adequate; Minimise any potential adverse impacts of the operation of Mobile Food Vans; Ensure the safe operation of the Mobile Food Vans for staff and patrons; Ensure the operation of the Mobile Food Vans considers and minimises adverse impacts on the surrounding amenity, and Ensure that trading improves the mix and diversity of takeaway food available, and has regard to existing comparable trading takeaway food and drink premises. | Economic Development | Local food initiatives for economic development | NSW | Lockhart | Regional |
| Local Approvals Policy for Mobile Food Vans and Portable Permanent Food Outlets | 1 1.1 1.2 PURPOSE Council supports the operation of mobile food vans to enliven the Forbes Lake foreshore. Supporting the operation of food vans and mobile food vans encourages diversity in takeaway food options. The purpose of the policy is to provide the framework for the operation of mobile food vans in the Forbes Local Government Area (LGA) in accordance with s. 158 of the Local Government Act 1993 (the Act). The Policy sets out the relevant legislative requirements for safe food handling and preparation, safe operation of food vans and trucks within Council’s road reserves, car parks, parks and public land. | Economic Development | Local food initiatives for economic development | NSW | Forbes | Regional |
| LOCAL APPROVALS POLICY MOBILE FOOD IN PUBLIC PLACES | POLICY OBJECTIVES The objectives of this Policy are to: · Provide guidance for people wanting to operate mobile food vending vehicles within the Maitland City Council Local Government Area (LGA). · Ensure consistency and equity in the application, assessment and approval process for mobile food vending vehicles operating in public places within the LGA. · Activate and revitalise public places across Maitland. · Ensure food safety and hygiene standards are met at all times. · Minimise any potential negative impacts and ensure the safe operation of mobile food vending vehicles and that trading does not place the public at risk. · Ensure any activity is complementary to existing fixed business' premises. Approvals for mobile food vending are guided by assessment considerations that support broader Council directions. Council would like to see operators demonstrating sustainable practices, presenting their vehicle in a vibrant and creative way, utilising local food and providing high quality offerings. The Policy is divided into three parts in accordance with the requirements of the Local Government Act 1993: • Part 1 specifies any exemptions • Part 2 specifies the criteria Council must consider when determining approvals for the activity, and • Part 3 specifies other matters relating to approvals not dealt with by the Local Government Act 1993, the Local Government (General) Regulation 2005, the Roads Act 1993 and the Food Act 2003. | Economic Development | Local food initiatives for economic development | NSW | Maitland | Regional |
| Local Approvals Policy Policy 28 | Mobile and temporary food 7.1 Purpose To regulate the sale of food from a mobile food vehicle and temporary food stalls in a public place to: • Ensure that food is safe for human consumption and that the construction, fit out and facilities are adequate; • Ensure that when trading is undertaken on public or Council-owned land it does not place the public at risk; • Ensure that mobile food vending vehicles operate in accordance with the rules and restrictions within lawful car parking spaces on Council-owned roads; • Ensure that trading from mobile food vending vehicles or temporary food stalls complements and does not unreasonably disadvantage with approved commercial centres (shopping centres, standalone cafés, restaurants and the like); • Provide criteria for persons wishing to make an application to Council for an approval to operate a mobile food vending vehicle or temporary food stall on public or Council-owned land. This policy addresses only the use of a standing vehicle or any article for the purpose of selling food in a public place. | Economic Development | Local food initiatives for economic development | NSW | The Hills Shire | Metropolitan |
| Local Housing Strategy | A range of non-planning mechanisms are recommended for consideration in facilitating opportunities to provide a greater diversity of housing within the Shellharbour LGA, including development of information packages, consideration of incentives and development of a pilot project for affordable housing. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | NSW | Shellharbour | Regional |
| Local Housing Strategy | be distributed across different areas of Shellharbour where appropriately located and serviced and have good access to public transport, schools, hospitals, shops and other essential community services and facilities. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | NSW | Shellharbour | Regional |
| Local Housing Strategy | Consider incentives packages for key types of housing that Council is seeking to encourage within the region, including affordable housing, social housing, smaller dwellings etc | Social Policy | Affordable housing | NSW | Shellharbour | Regional |
| Local Housing Strategy | Council to consider developing specific policy positions around its commitment to the provision of social and public housing and affordable housing within Shellharbour and investigate further mechanisms to deliver on these policy positions. Affordable, social and public housing should be distributed across different areas in the Shellharbour LGA and have good access to public transport, schools, hospitals, shops and other essential community services and facilities. This will assist in reducing the waiting list, minimising costs of repair, demolition and relocation, and increasing the number of properties that are perceived as desirable | Social Policy | Affordable housing | NSW | Shellharbour | Regional |
| Local Housing Strategy | In partnership with the housing sector/providers, Council to consider the provision of land to initiate residential housing development for affordable low-cost housing, as a demonstration of what it seeks to achieve in terms | Social Policy | Affordable housing | NSW | Shellharbour | Regional |
| Local Housing Strategy | That Council is not relying on the application of the LRMDH code to support the provision of adequate dwelling supply to meet the housing demand, given that there is sufficient supply and capacity to meet the projected housing demand (albeit that there is a recognised need to facilitate delivery of smaller, more diverse and affordable dwelling products). | Social Policy | Affordable housing | NSW | Shellharbour | Regional |
| Local Housing Strategy | The approach of this LHS is to ensure that the land use planning controls and other mechanisms are sufficient to facilitate the achievement of diverse and affordable dwelling development to meet the projected needs of the community. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | NSW | Shellharbour | Regional |
| Local Housing Strategy | The drafting of the LSPS vision and planning priorities is to account for the following: Shellharbour has a diversity of housing, providing for the lifestyle and needs of its residents. Housing choice offers affordable options and a range of housing products to meet community needs. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | NSW | Shellharbour | Regional |
| Local Housing Strategy | The Housing Vision for Shellharbour is: Shellharbour has a diversity of housing, providing for the lifestyle and needs of its residents. Housing choice offers affordable options and a range of housing products to meet community needs. Housing caters for changing needs over time and is adequately serviced with essential infrastructure. Residential areas have high quality design, a range of densities and character attributes | Social Policy | Affordable housing | NSW | Shellharbour | Regional |
| Local Housing Strategy | The implementation and delivery plan has been developed to be integrated with Council’s other work practices, policies and programs, where possible. It has also been tailored to reflect the specific actions required to facilitate the delivery of more affordable, diverse and smaller housing products (including public and social housing), to meet the current gap in provision of these forms of housing within the city. This is whilst recognising that there is sufficient supply to meet the projected dwelling demand for Shellharbour to 2041, in terms of actual housing numbers. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | NSW | Shellharbour | Regional |
| Local Housing Strategy | The potential amount and type of development that Council’s existing land use controls would deliver if it were developed to its full current capacity should more than adequately provide for the housing demand projected for Shellharbour to 2041 (i.e. 10,625 dwellings to 2041). Overall, housing supply to adequately meet housing demand is not considered to be an issue in the delivery of total numbers of housing for Shellharbour in the future. Rather, it is whether the current controls sufficiently facilitate the provision of a diversity of housing products within the LGA, to provide the choice in dwelling types that is projected to be needed, based on the analysis undertaken. There is currently a need for the provision of smaller, more affordable housing products to meet the requirements of the Shellharbour community for people of all life stages and ages. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | NSW | Shellharbour | Regional |
| Local Housing Strategy | There is a need for additional, affordable social and public housing to be facilitated within the planning framework for Shellharbour – this could include the facilitation of opportunities for redevelopment of existing, aged public housing stock, to provide products that are better suited to resident needs. In addition to the LEP providing for these redevelopment opportunities, Council could also consider developing a policy around its commitment to assisting in the provision of affordable and additional social and public housing stock which is updated to better suit the needs of those requiring housing assistance. Such housing should | Social Policy | Affordable housing | NSW | Shellharbour | Regional |
| Local Housing Strategy | There is a need for greater housing diversity and choice, including affordable housing for people with low to medium incomes and for specific at-risk groups. | Social Policy | Affordable housing | NSW | Shellharbour | Regional |
| Local Housing Strategy | be distributed across different areas of Shellharbour where appropriately located and serviced and have good access to public transport, schools, hospitals, shops and other essential community services and facilities. | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | NSW | Shellharbour | Regional |
| Local Housing Strategy | Council to consider developing specific policy positions around its commitment to the provision of social and public housing and affordable housing within Shellharbour and investigate further mechanisms to deliver on these policy positions. Affordable, social and public housing should be distributed across different areas in the Shellharbour LGA and have good access to public transport, schools, hospitals, shops and other essential community services and facilities. This will assist in reducing the waiting list, minimising costs of repair, demolition and relocation, and increasing the number of properties that are perceived as desirable | Health and Wellbeing | Accessible healthy food retail | NSW | Shellharbour | Regional |
| Local Housing Strategy | The Strategy comprises a number of themes related to food security. Of most relevance for the preparation of the LHS is Theme 2: Planning, infrastructure and regulation, which seeks to, conserve agricultural lands and make Council lands available to support local initiatives (among other things). One of the associated objectives of Theme 2 is to: Recognise the role of regional food production in future planning through the conservation of agricultural and other suitable lands. As the LHS has determined that there are no new major areas needed for the delivery of additional housing supply, consideration should be given to conserving land that may be more suited to food production. | Sustainability and Environment | Sustainable local food production | NSW | Shellharbour | Regional |
| LOCAL LAW Community Local Law 2019 | Keeping animals | Sustainability and Environment | Animal husbandry | Victoria | Alpine | Regional |
| Local Law Local Law Local Law Local Law Brimbank City Council LOCAL LAW NO. 2 General Local Law 2018 | 18. Limits on Animals 18.1. Without a permit, an occupier of any land must not keep on that land – a) more than 6 different species of animal; b) c) any agricultural animal unless the land is securely fenced and has a minimum area of 2 hectares for the first animal and a further 0.5 hectares for each additional animal; or more than the maximum number of animals as set out in the following table – | Sustainability and Environment | Animal husbandry | Victoria | Brimbank | Metropolitan |
| Local Law No 4 – 2011 Environment | Keeping Animals | Sustainability and Environment | Animal husbandry | Victoria | Wellington | Regional |
| LOCAL LAW NO. 1 ‘Community Amenity’ 2012 | Table of Animal Numbers and Types | Sustainability and Environment | Animal husbandry | Victoria | Gannawarra | Regional |
| Local Law No. 1 Community and Environment 2013 | Without a permit an owner or occupier of land must not keep or allow to be kept more animals in number than is set out in the following table – Area Rural Semi Rural Residential* Dogs** Cats** 6 2 2 4 2 2 Livestock | Sustainability and Environment | Animal husbandry | Victoria | Mitchell | Regional |
| LOCAL LAW NO. 1 OF 2018 Community Amenity | LIMITS ON NUMBER OF ANIMALS KEPT | Sustainability and Environment | Animal husbandry | Victoria | Wangaratta | Regional |
| LOCAL LAW NO. 11 General Local Law | LIMITS ON NUMBER OF ANIMALS KEPT | Sustainability and Environment | Animal husbandry | Victoria | Maroondah | Metropolitan |