[NSW] Free Outdoor Dining Applications for Food and Drink Premises in City of Sydney until 2025

All outdoor dining fees waived until 30 June 2025 for food and drink premises for their outdoor dining applications in the City of Sydney area

Fees usually $500+ per year

Encourage outdoor dining in this city and get your local restaurant, cafe or bar to apply and use public land on the footpath or roadway with big concrete barriers for free

Who’s eligible to apply

• Cafes, bars, restaurants and cultural venues that already have an outdoor dining permit can apply to:
  
  • change their current permit so they can potentially trade for more hours and extend their dining space
  • take over car parking space for outdoor dining.
• Cafes, bars, restaurants and cultural venues that currently don’t trade outdoors and that serve food for eating at the premises can apply for:
  
  • a footpath dining permit
  • take over car parking space for outdoor dining.

Venues in the following areas need to contact Place Management NSW:

• Darling Harbour
• The Rocks.

Venues in Barangaroo may be serviced by Place Management NSW or Infrastructure NSW depending on their location. Contact either and you’ll be pointed in the right direction for your location.

Assessment criteria

All outdoor dining permits will be assessed against the following:

• Is the venue within the City of Sydney local area and does it have development consent to serve food for eating at the premises?
• Will the extension to your trading parameters still allow adequate access for pedestrians, residents and essential vehicles?
• What will the impact be on local residents?

For more information on outdoor dining permits, including fees, call us on 02 9265 9333.