Short Term Lets Licensing Statistics Scotland to 31 March 2023

This statistical publication presents information on the number of short term lets licence applications received, granted and pending determination as at 31 March 2023, by type of let, type of property and other accommodation details, based on data collected from local authorities across the first two reporting quarters from 1 October 2022.


Introduction

This is the first statistical publication reporting on the operation of the short term lets licensing scheme under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Short-term Lets) Order 2022.

Local authority licensing schemes opened to receive applications from 1 October 2022, although existing hosts and operators have until 1 October 2023 to apply for a licence and can continue operating whilst their applications are being determined. After this date they will not be able to operate until they make an application and a licence has been granted. 

This publication reports on data from the first two reporting quarters Oct to Dec 2022 and Jan to Mar 2023. Future publications are intended to be on a quarterly basis, with the next publication covering the period April to June 2023 planned for around late October 2023. Further information on the operational context and data collection and data quality is available in the Data and Methodology section

The supporting documents Excel file for this publication includes Excel versions of the charts and tables presented, along with further more detailed tables at a Scotland, local authority and data zone area level.z

An Official Statistics Publication for Scotland

These statistics are designated as Official Statistics in accordance with the Statistics and Service Registration Act 2007. They have been produced to high professional standards set out in the Code of Practice for Statistics.

Further information on Official Statistics is published by the UK Statistics Authority.

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