Short Term Lets Licensing Statistics Scotland to 31 December 2024
This statistical publication presents information on the number of valid short term lets licence applications received, granted and pending determination as at 31 December 2024, by type of let, type of property and other accommodation details, based on data collected from local authorities from 1 October 2022.
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Applications: local areas
Table 2 shows the number of applications received broken down by local authority and whether they are valid or to be validated. Highland, Edinburgh, and Fife accounted for 45% (14,166) of all validated applications (31,416) received up to 31 December 2024.
Table 2: Total applications received between October 2022 and end of December 2024 by local authority
|
Local Authority |
Valid applications |
Reported applications to be validated or invalid |
|
Scotland |
31,416 |
2,536 |
|
Aberdeen City |
574 |
75 |
|
Aberdeenshire |
1,175 |
0 |
|
Angus |
348 |
83 |
|
Argyll & Bute |
1,913 |
0 |
|
Clackmannanshire |
68 |
2 |
|
Dumfries & Galloway |
1,755 |
4 |
|
Dundee City |
248 |
3 |
|
East Ayrshire |
105 |
3 |
|
East Dunbartonshire |
55 |
4 |
|
East Lothian |
487 |
0 |
|
East Renfrewshire |
46 |
0 |
|
Edinburgh City |
4,827 |
188 |
|
Falkirk |
167 |
0 |
|
Fife |
2,199 |
1 |
|
Glasgow |
967 |
492 |
|
Highland |
7,160 |
1,330 |
|
Inverclyde |
76 |
1 |
|
Midlothian |
135 |
0 |
|
Moray |
617 |
144 |
|
Na h-Eileanan Siar |
1,019 |
15 |
|
North Ayrshire |
836 |
0 |
|
North Lanarkshire |
150 |
45 |
|
Orkney Islands |
561 |
0 |
|
Perth & Kinross |
1,949 |
2 |
|
Renfrewshire |
141 |
0 |
|
Scottish Borders |
1,146 |
0 |
|
Shetland Islands |
419 |
6 |
|
South Ayrshire |
962 |
0 |
|
South Lanarkshire |
211 |
14 |
|
Stirling |
903 |
0 |
|
West Dunbartonshire |
123 |
12 |
|
West Lothian |
74 |
4 |
Map 1: Number of valid applications for short term lets per 10,000 dwellings, up to December 2024
Map 1 shows the rate of valid applications per 10,000 dwellings in each of the local authorities in Scotland. The very highest rates generally coincide with relatively lower population authorities which are highly attractive to tourism. Although, in general, there were high numbers in the cities, these also had relatively high numbers of dwellings.
Table 5 in the supporting documents Excel workbook lists the number of applications received and validated by individual data zone area. Statistical data zones are the key geography for the dissemination of small area statistics in Scotland, designed to have roughly standard sized populations of 500 to 1,000 household residents.
A total of 3,556 data zones have had at least one application received and validated to 31 December 2024, which equates to 52% of the total 6,796 data zones in Scotland.