Short Term Lets Licensing Scheme Part 2 - Supplementary Guidance for Licensing Authorities, Letting Agencies and Booking Platforms

Annex A : Licence number specification

The licence number will comprise 8 characters, three of which are alphabet (capital letters) and 5 of which are digits (D):

A1A2-DDDDD-A3

The leading two characters (A₁A₂) will identify the licensing authority:

Licensing Authority Initials

• 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
• 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 5 digits will be issued by each licensing authority.

The final character (A₃ ) will denote the type of “licence”:

E Temporary exemption

T Temporary licence

P Provisional licence (this may originally have been used for existing hosts but will be used for new build provisional licences too)

F First (full) licence

R Renewed licence

N Application received from a new host or any host after 1

October 2023

Example

This number relates to a temporary exemption (E) in Aberdeen City (AC). The type of short-term let (e.g. home sharing) will be displayed on the public register.

AC-13472-E