Planning circular 01/2021: short-term let control areas
Planning circular 1/2021 providing guidance on establishing a short-term let control area.
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1. Glossary
1.1. In this circular, the following terms are used:
“the 1997 Act”
means the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997;
“the Control Area Regulations”
mean the Town and Country Planning (Short-term Let Control Areas) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/154);
“GPDO”
means the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992;
“control area”
means a short-term let control area designated under section 26B of the 1997 Act, as amended by the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019;
“dwellinghouse”
means, for these purposes, an independent dwelling (with its own front door, kitchen and bathroom) being accommodation which ordinarily affords the facilities required for day-to-day private domestic existence such as a house, flat, cottage, see also Annex A;
“guest”
means a person occupying a property for the purposes of a short-term let;
“host” (or “operator”)
means a person or company providing accommodation for short-term lets;
“licensing scheme”
means the scheme established by the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Short-term Lets) Order 2021 (SSI 2021/[xxx]);
“neighbour”
means, for our purposes, someone whose permanent residence is in close enough proximity to a short-term let to have a legitimate interest in its business, e.g. potentially affected by safety, noise, litter, nuisance;
“property”
means the accommodation (room, rooms or premises) let to the guest(s) as a short-term let;
“secondary let”
means the letting of a property where the host or operator does not normally live, for example a second home (and has the same meaning as in the licensing scheme);
“short-term let”
is as defined in the 1997 Act and regulation 2 of the Control Area Regulations, see also Annex B (and has the same meaning as in the licensing scheme);
Contact
Email: shorttermlets@gov.scot
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