Valid applications: local areas

Table 2 shows the number of applications received broken down by local authority and whether they are valid or to be validated. Highland, Edinburgh, Fife, and Dumfries & Galloway accounted for nearly half (12,328 or 50%) of all validated applications (24,810) received up to 30 June 2024.

Table 2: Total applications received between October 2022 and end of June 2024 by local authority

Map 1: Number of valid applications for short term lets per 10,000 dwellings, up to June 2024

Map 1 shows the rate of valid applications per 10,000 dwellings in each of the local authorities in Scotland. The very highest rates generally coincide with relatively lower population authorities which are highly attractive to tourism. Although, in general, there were high numbers in the cities, these also had relatively high numbers of dwellings.

Table 5 in the supporting documents Excel workbook lists the number of  applications received and validated by individual data zone area. Statistical data zones are the key geography for the dissemination of small area statistics in Scotland, designed to have roughly standard sized populations of 500 to 1,000 household residents.

A total of 3,333 data zones have had at least one application received and validated to 30 June 2024, which equates to 49% of the total 6,796 data zones in Scotland.