Short term lets - licensing scheme part 1: guidance for hosts and operators
Guidance for hosts and operators of short-term lets in Scotland. See supplementary guidance for licensing authorities for more information. An update will follow The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Short-term Lets) Amendment Order 2024 coming into effect.
Footnotes
2. Supplementary guidance for licensing authorities, letting agencies and platforms (gov.scot)
3. Short term lets: planning guidance for hosts and operators - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
4. Section 2 of the 1982 Act.
5. Paragraph 1A of schedule 1 to the 1982 Act, inserted the Licensing Order.
6. Under paragraph 7(6) of schedule 1 to the 1982 Act.
7. Short term lets: planning guidance for hosts and operators - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
8. Paragraph 13 of schedule 3 of the Licensing Order.
9. Guidance on planning procedures and requirements is set out in both Circular 1/2023 and the Scottish Government's Planning Guidance for Hosts and Operators
10. Set out in schedule 3 of the Licensing Order.
11. Paragraph 3 of schedule 3 of the Licensing Order.
12. Paragraph 5 of schedule 3 of the Licensing Order.
13. Paragraph 6 of schedule 3 of the Licensing Order.
14. Paragraph 18 of schedule 3 of the Licensing Order.
15. Paragraph 8 of schedule 3 of the Licensing Order.
16. Paragraph 9 of schedule 3 of the Licensing Order.
17. Paragraph 10 of schedule 3 of the Licensing Order.
18. Paragraph 10(2) of schedule 3 of the Licensing Order, which applies the requirements of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006.
19. The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2008. See Energy Performance Certificates: introduction - gov.scot (www.gov.scot).
20. Paragraph 11 of schedule 3 of the Licensing Order.
21. Paragraph 15 of schedule 3 of the Licensing Order.
22. Paragraph 16 of schedule 3 of the Licensing Order.
23. Paragraph 16 of schedule 3 of the Licensing Order.
24. These are called standard conditions in section 3B of the 1982 Act.
25. Paragraph 5(3)(a)(ii) of Schedule 1 to the 1982 Act.
26. Set out in paragraph 5(3) of schedule 1 to the 1982 Act.
27. Under section 7(6) of the 1982 Act.
28. Article 6 of the Licensing Order.
29. The appeals process is set out in paragraph 18 of schedule 1 to the 1982 Act.
30. Paragraph 11 of schedule 3 of the Licensing Order.
31. Paragraph 13 of schedule 3 of the Licensing Order.
32. Paragraph 8(5) and (6) of schedule 1 to the 1982 Act.
33. The Licensing Order defines many types of property that are excluded from the licensing scheme, for example.
34. Properly defined at article 3 of the Licensing Order.
35. Under the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960. The Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 inserted a new Part 1A into the 1960 Act creating a new licensing system for relevant permanent sites.
36. For example, where the property was used as an HMO for students during the academic year and for short-term lets for the summer.
37. Set out in Schedule 1 of the Licensing Order.
38. Paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 of the Licensing Order.
40. In paragraph 19A of schedule 1 to the 1982 Act (inserted by paragraph 14 of the Licensing Order).
41. See paragraph 2 of schedule 1 of the Licensing Order.
42. Article 2(4) and 2(5) of the Licensing Order.
Contact
Email: shorttermlets@gov.scot
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