Register a prescribed accommodation business

You will need to register with Wyndham City Council if you have an accommodation business. This could include:

  • a rooming house 
  • a hotel 
  • a motel 
  • a hostel 
  • a bed and breakfast 
  • a student dormitory 
  • a holiday camp 
  • labour hire accommodation. 

To launch your prescribed accommodation business, you will need to: 

Register your prescribed accommodation business

Check if you need a planning or building permit

You may need to get a planning permit or a building permit before you can register your prescribed accommodation business. 

Planning permits

You may need to get a planning permit to change the use of your premises.

For more information, see the Applying for a Planning permit section.

Building permits

If you are planning to do any building works to your premises, you will need to get a building permit. 

See the Get a building permit page for more information.   

Prepare a floor plan of your premises

When you submit your registration form, you will need to supply us with a floor plan of your premises. This might have different requirements to any plans you have to provide for your planning or building permit.

Your plan should be drawn to scale with dimensions and include:   

  • floor plans of each room including dimensions 
  • the proposed number of occupants of each room. 

Get all the documents you need and apply

To register a prescribed accommodation business, you will need to give us:   

  • a floor plan 
  • information about the number of rooms and how many guests you can accommodate 
  • ASIC company extract 
  • a rooming house operator licence from Consumer Affairs Victoria (if you are operating a rooming house). 

Register your prescribed accommodation business

Once you have applied for registration, one of our officers will review your application. We will provide a response to your application and let you know if you need to make any changes to your plans. 

We strongly suggest you do not begin construction until your application has been approved. 

Prepare for an inspection 

Once you have set up your premises and are ready to start operating, you will need to arrange for one of our environmental health officers to inspect your premises. 

If your premises is suitable at inspection, you will be issued a certificate of registration. 

Other permits or licences you may need to get

Depending on your business, you may also need to apply for: