Loudoun County

Loudoun County Health Department, Environmental Health Services

In short

Loudoun County Health Department, Environmental Health Services issues 5 permits we publish for Loudoun County, last verified 2026-10-02. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.

What this agency issues

Permits required, with issuing agency, fee, renewal term and the date each record was last verified against its source
Permit	Issuing agency	Fee	Renews	Last checked
Food Establishment Permit	Loudoun County Health Department, Environmental Health Services	$40 a year, per food establishment, as posted on the Department's current fee schedule	Annual	2026-10-02
Temporary Food Establishment Permitonly if it applies to you	Loudoun County Health Department, Environmental Health Services	$40 per event, as posted on the Department's current fee schedule	Per event; apply at least 10 calendar days before the event	2026-10-02
Health Clearance Review (of a Building/Zoning Permit)only if it applies to you	Loudoun County Health Department, Environmental Health Services	$25 per building/zoning permit application reviewed, as posted on the Department's current fee schedule	One-time, per building/zoning permit review	2026-10-02
Food / Tourist Establishment Plan Review	Loudoun County Health Department, Environmental Health Services	$40 per review, as posted on the Department's current fee schedule	One-time, per plan review	2026-10-02
Mobile Food Unit Permit & Renewal	Loudoun County Health Department, Environmental Health Services	$40 a year, per mobile food unit, stated on the Department's Permit & Renewal Application form	Annual; the unit must be brought to the Health Department for inspection each year as part of renewal	2026-10-02

Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.

About each permit

Food Establishment Permit

A restaurant or coffee shop operating in Loudoun County needs an annual Food Establishment Permit from the Loudoun County Health Department, Environmental Health Services, priced at $40 a year as posted on the Department's current Environmental Health Services Fee Schedule (loudoun.gov/6338/Fee-Schedule). The fee schedule page does not display an adoption or effective date for this figure, and no Board of Supervisors resolution or state enabling-statute fee order naming this specific amount is published elsewhere on the county's site, so this fee is recorded here as the Department's currently posted figure rather than tied to a dated ordinance. Restaurants in Loudoun follow a two-part process — plan review before opening (recorded separately for Loudoun County) and this annual operating permit, renewed every year. The Health Department, not the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, is the regulator for restaurants: loudoun.gov/1367/Restaurants-Food-Service states the county's own jurisdictional split, under which VDACS instead covers wineries, breweries, grocery stores, farmers markets, wholesale food and home-based food.

Temporary Food Establishment Permit

A restaurant or coffee shop operating at a temporary event in Loudoun County needs a Temporary Food Establishment Permit from the Loudoun County Health Department, priced at $40 per event on the Department's current Environmental Health Services Fee Schedule (loudoun.gov/6338/Fee-Schedule), the same page and figure used for the Department's standing Food Establishment Permit. Vendors apply at least 10 calendar days before the event. As with that standing permit, the fee schedule page carries no visible adoption or effective date for this amount, so the $40 figure is recorded here as the Department's currently posted fee rather than tied to a dated ordinance. This permit is separate from the Mobile Food Unit Permit, which applies to a food truck, cart or trailer operating on an ongoing basis rather than at a single event, and is recorded separately for Loudoun County.

Health Clearance Review (of a Building/Zoning Permit)

Any business in Loudoun County filing a new building or zoning permit application — across all ten tracked industries — pays a $25 Health Clearance Review fee to the Loudoun County Health Department, as posted on the Department's current Environmental Health Services Fee Schedule (loudoun.gov/6338/Fee-Schedule). This is a one-time charge per building or zoning permit application the Department reviews, distinct from any of the Department's food-specific permit fees recorded separately for Loudoun County, and applies whenever a building or zoning permit review requires Health Department sign-off, for example where a septic system, well, or other environmental-health-regulated feature is involved in the project.

Food / Tourist Establishment Plan Review

Before a restaurant or coffee shop in Loudoun County opens, undergoes a remodel, or changes ownership, the Loudoun County Health Department reviews its food-service or tourist-establishment plans for a $40 fee per review, as posted on the Department's current Environmental Health Services Fee Schedule (loudoun.gov/6338/Fee-Schedule). This review is a one-time cost per project, separate from the Food Establishment Permit's annual renewal fee, and must be completed before the Department will issue the operating permit. As with the Department's other posted fees, the fee-schedule page itself carries no visible adoption or effective date for this amount; it is recorded here as the Department's currently posted fee. A pre-operational inspection by the Health Department follows plan approval and precedes the business opening to the public.

Mobile Food Unit Permit & Renewal

A food truck, cart or trailer operating in Loudoun County needs an annual Mobile Food Unit Permit from the Loudoun County Health Department, priced at $40, stated directly on the Department's official Mobile Food Unit – Permit & Renewal Application form (loudoun.gov/DocumentCenter/View/158338): 'Mobile Food Unit - Permit & Renewal Application $40 Permit Fee; Cash or check payable to County of Loudoun.' This $40 figure appears only on the application form itself, not on the Department's general Environmental Health Services Fee Schedule page, and the form's visible revision date of November 1, 2022 is recorded here as the form's own revision date rather than as the fee's own adoption date. A mobile unit must pass plan review before purchase or construction and then be brought to the Health Department for inspection every year as part of renewal. This permit is separate from, and in addition to, any BPOL registration the unit's owner owes the Commissioner of the Revenue.

Contact

Jurisdiction: Loudoun County
Phone: Not verified — use the website
Website: www.loudoun.gov/1367/Restaurants-Food-Service

Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.

Sources

Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.

Environmental Health Services Fee Schedule — Food Establishment, Temporary Food Establishment, Plan Review and Health Clearance Review feesLoudoun County Health Department, Environmental Health Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
Mobile Food Unit – Permit & Renewal Application (states the $40 permit fee; form revision date 11/1/2022)Loudoun County Health Department, Environmental Health Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
Restaurants & Food Service — states the LCHD vs. VDACS jurisdictional split for food businessesLoudoun County Health Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02

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