Short Term Lets Licensing Statistics Scotland to 31 December 2023

Chart 2: Applications received and validated, by type of premises and let as of end of December 2023

Of the total 14,539 applications received and validated by 31 December 2023:

• The majority relate to secondary letting (79%)
• 11% for home sharing
• 6% for home letting
• 5% for a mixture of home sharing and letting.

• The majority relate to houses, 38% were detached, 14% were for semi-detached and 10% for terraced houses
• 32% were self-contained flats accounted for 32% of applications
• 7% were unconventional dwellings such as yurts or camping pods etc.

Tables B and C in the supporting Excel document show the number of applications received and validated by each local authority, by type of premises and type of let respectively.

This shows some variations in the proportions of types of premises across different local authority areas, some of which may reflect different underlying profiles of total dwellings in each area. For example, 78% of applications received and validated in Na h-Eileanan Siar have been in relation to lets for detached houses compared with 6% in Edinburgh (where self-contained flats account for 79%).

In terms of types of let only 46% of applications received and validated in Glasgow and 47% in Edinburgh have been for secondary letting, compared to 79% nationally. Glasgow instead had the highest rate of home sharing applications (43%). Edinburgh had a roughly even split between home sharing (18%), home letting (17%) and home sharing and home letting (18%)