Short term lets - licensing scheme part 2: supplementary guidance for licensing authorities, letting agencies and platforms
Licensing guidance part 2 is intended for Scottish licensing authorities, letting agencies and platforms facilitating short-term lets in Scotland. An update will follow The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Short-term Lets) Amendment Order 2024 coming into effect.
Annex C - Licence number specification
The licence number will comprise 20 characters, four of which are alphabet (capital letters) and 16 of which are digits (D):
A1A2-DDDD-DDDD-DDDD-DDDD-A3A4
The leading two characters (A1A2) will identify the licensing authority:
Aberdeen City
AC
Aberdeenshire
AS
Angus
AN
Argyll and Bute
AR
Clackmannanshire
CL
Dumfries and Galloway
DG
Dundee
DD
East Ayrshire
EA
East Dunbartonshire
ED
East Lothian
EL
East Renfrewshire
ER
Edinburgh
EH
Falkirk
FK
Fife
FI
Glasgow
GL
Highland
HI
Inverclyde
IN
Midlothian
ML
Moray
MO
Na h-Eileanan Siar
ES
North Ayrshire
NA
North Lanarkshire
NL
Orkney
OR
Perth and Kinross
PK
Renfrewshire
RN
Scottish Borders
SB
Shetland
SH
South Ayrshire
SA
South Lanarkshire
SL
Stirling
ST
West Dunbartonshire
WD
West Lothian
WL
The 16 digits will be generated by an algorithm which will include certain validation and authentication checks.
The penultimate character (A3) will denote the type of short-term let to which the licence relates:
H
Home sharing and home letting
S
Secondary letting
The final character (A4) will denote the type of “licence”:
E
Temporary exemption
T
Temporary licence
P
Provisional licence number issued on receipt of a licence application
F
First (full) licence
R
Renewed licence
Example
A | C | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | - | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | - | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | H | E |
This number relates to a temporary exemption (E) for home sharing or home letting (H) in Aberdeen City (AC).
Contact
Email: shorttermlets@gov.scot
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