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Edinburgh launches short-let control area consultation
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Edinburgh Council has launched a public consultation on plans to turn the city into a short-term let control area. The council is seeking views on whether to introduce new short-term let (STL) regulations that would mainly affect people who let out their homes or rooms though Airbnb – Edinburgh has the highest proportion of […]
Licensing laws go to third public consultation in Scotland
Reading Time: 3 minutesScotland: A third public round of consultation on licensing laws for short-term lets in Scotland is set to go ahead. Set to run until 13 August, the consultation will focus on Scotland’s principal tourist destinations, including capital city Edinburgh, where the impact of short-term lets has already been debated at length. With the latest delay, […]
ASSC urges Holyrood committee to reject “damaging” regulations
Reading Time: 2 minutesScotland: Self-caterers in Scotland, led by The Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers [ ASSC ], have urged a Holyrood committee to reject “damaging” regulations that could “cripple the sector and jeopardise the recovery of Scottish tourism”. The self-catering trade association has called on the Scottish Parliament’s Local Government Committee not to back the Scottish Government’s proposals, which […]
Scottish Parliament endorses “urgent” rental licensing system
Reading Time: 3 minutesScotland: A Scottish Parliament committee has backed proposals to introduce a licensing system for short-term rentals, despite widespread opposition from the tourism industry. The Local Government Committee voted in favour of implementing the system by four to free, and six to one in favour of plans to enforce “control areas” across the country to limit […]
Sonder seeks growth in major Scottish markets
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUK: Sonder has signed its first Glasgow property and plans to further grow its presence in Scotland. San Francisco-based Sonder Hotels currently has a single property in Scotland, the 30-unit Royal Garden Apartments in Edinburgh’s New Town. It will open its first Glasgow property, a 41-unit managed service apartment block in the Finnieston area, in […]
Scottish accommodation industry criticises planned regulations
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Multiple members of Scotland’s holiday home and self-catering accommodation industry have voiced their opposition to new proposed regulations from the Scottish government in a letter. The government is currently carrying out its final stage of consultations before implementing an overhaul of short-term rentals law. Scotland proposed new regulations on the industry this January, primarily […]
Airbnb warns Scottish rentals law could cost jobs
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Airbnb has published the results of a study, which claim that proposed measures to limit short-term rentals in Scotland would put 17,000 Scottish jobs at risk. According to the data, new measures could take almost £1 million a day out of the Scottish economy and increase unemployment by .6 per cent. Scotland’s government committed […]
Scottish short-term let licensing delayed to 2022
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: The Scottish government plan to license short-term rentals across the country has apparently been delayed until 2022. Consultations on the government’s proposals revealed Scotland wants municipalities to have a full year to introduce schemes. Scotland announced its intent to regulate short-term rentals nationwide this January, providing additional powers to local councils. Earlier this month, […]
Scottish islanders call holiday homes “economic clearance”
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: A group of Scottish islanders have accused holiday homes of causing “economic clearance,” due to rising property prices. Outsiders purchasing second homes and holiday lets have been accused of underpinning a prohibitive price increase. The complaint was listed in an open letter published across multiple social media sites. Campaigners from various islands claimed that […]
Scottish government to clamp down on short-term lets by next summer
Reading Time: 2 minutesUK: Airbnb-style short-term lets are set for more regulation over the next 12 months, as the Scottish government prepares to implement a new licensing regime by next summer. Ahead of next year’s Scottish Parliament election in May, MSPs previously announced plans to introduce restrictions on short-term lets but these were put on hold due to […]