Short-Term Let Licensing Implementation Update Report 2024

4. How we have gathered information about implementation

The Scottish Government has gathered quantitative and qualitative information from a number of different sources to inform this update to Parliament. This includes:

• ministerial and Scottish Government officials’ engagement with stakeholder groups since October 2022, such as the Industry Advisory Group^[3] facilitated by VisitScotland, the Society of Local Authority Law Officers and Administrators in Scotland (SOLAR)^[4], the Short-Term Lets Forum hosted by the Scotland's Housing Network, attended by licensing authorities;
• ministerial and Scottish Government officials’ engagement with individual stakeholders since October 2022, such as licensing authorities, COSLA^[5], the Short Term Accommodation Association^[6], Community Land Scotland^[7], the Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers^[8], the Scottish Tourism Alliance^[9], Living Rent^[10], the Cockburn Association^[11], the Fringe Society^[12] and Festivals Edinburgh^[13], the Scottish Bed and Breakfast Association^[14], Homelink^[15], Home Exchange^[16], PLACE^[17], Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, Police Scotland and the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations^[18];
• correspondence to ministers and officials from short-term let hosts and operators, as well as other stakeholders such as tourism trade bodies, letting and property agents, community groups and individuals;
• official statistics about the number and processing of short-term let licensing applications;
• other sources of data about the short-term let sector; and
• media publications.