Short-term lets – licensing scheme and planning control areas: business and regulatory impact assessment

Business and regulatory impact assessment (BRIA) relating to the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Short-term Lets) Order 2021 (“the Licensing Order”) and the Town And Country Planning (Short-Term Let Control Areas) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (“the Control Area Regulations”).


Annex B - Local Authority Hmo Licence Fees

The following table shows the lowest HMO fee charged by local authorities in Scotland:

Local Authority Licence Period Number of residents Application Fee[28] Renewal Fee
Aberdeen Up to 3 years 3-5 residents £595[29] £480
Aberdeenshire Up to 3 years 3-4 residents £769 £759
Angus Up to 3 years 3-5 residents £326 -
Argyll and Bute Up to 3 years Up to 10 £848 -
Clackmannanshire Up to 3 years Less than 10 £543 -
Dumfries and Galloway Up to 3 years 3-5 residents £1,045 £709
Dundee[30] Up to 3 years 3-5 residents £1,140 £960
East Ayrshire Up to 3 years Flat fee, all HMO licences £520 £326
East Dunbartonshire Up to 3 years Up to 10 £540 -
East Lothian Up to 3 years 3-5 residents £462 -
East Renfrewshire Up to 3 years Up to 6 £830 £523
Edinburgh 1 or 3 years 3 residents £594 -
Falkirk Up to 3 years Flat fee, all HMO licences £565 £565
Fife[31] Up to 3 years 3-5 residents £1,480 -
Glasgow Up to 3 years Up to 10 £1,906 £953
Highland Up to 3 years Up to 10 £801 -
Inverclyde Up to 3 years Flat fee, all HMO licences £1,191 -
Midlothian Up to 3 years 3-5 residents £266 £167
Moray Up to 3 years 3-5 residents £1,765
Na h-Eileanan Siar Up to 3 years Flat fee, all HMO licences £290 £202
North Ayrshire Up to 3 years Flat fee, all HMO licences £959 £716
North Lanarkshire Up to 3 years Flat fee, all HMO licences £1000 £1000
Orkney Up to 3 years Up to 9 £440 -
Perth and Kinross Up to 3 years 3-5 residents £714 -
Renfrewshire Up to 3 years Flat fee, all HMO licences £1,039 -
Scottish Borders Up to 3 years Flat fee, all HMO licences £590 -
Shetland Up to 3 years Up to 6 persons £229 -
South Ayrshire Up to 3 years Flat fee, all HMO licences £1,080 -
South Lanarkshire Up to3 years 3-5 residents £326 -
Stirling Up to 3 years 3-5 residents £680 £680
West Dunbartonshire Up to 3 years Flat fee, all HMO licences £1,842 -
West Lothian Up to 3 years 3-50 residents £671 -

Contact

Email: shorttermlets@gov.scot

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