Short Term Lets Licensing Statistics Scotland to 30 June 2025

Valid applications: type of premises and let

Chart 2: Applications received and validated, by type of premises and let as of end of June 2025

Of the total 36,594 applications received and validated by 30 June 2025:

• The majority relate to secondary letting (77%)
• 10% for home sharing
• 8% for home letting
• 5% for a mixture of home sharing and letting.

• The majority relate to houses, 37% were detached, 13% were for semi-detached and 9% for terraced houses
• 33% were self-contained flats
• 7% were unconventional dwellings such as yurts or camping pods etc.

Tables 6 and 7 in the supporting Excel document show the number of applications received and validated by each local authority, by type of premises and type of let respectively.

There are variations in the proportions of types of premises across different local authority areas, some of which may reflect different underlying profiles of total dwellings in each area. For example, 79% of applications received and validated in Na h-Eileanan Siar have been in relation to lets for detached houses compared with 5% in Edinburgh (where self-contained flats account for 81%).

In terms of types of let only 48% of applications received and validated in Edinburgh have been for secondary letting, compared to 77% nationally. East Dunbartonshire had the highest rate of home sharing applications (30%), although this was only 18 out of a total of 54 licences.