Short-Term Let Licensing Announcement Media Coverage

Highland Council to establish short term lets licensing scheme in 2022

Glasgow Live, Glasgow Airbnb owners to require licenses to rent out their properties in future, 20/01/22

Insider, Licencing scheme for Airbnb-style rents passed by Holyrood, 20.02.22

BBC, New rules passed for short-term lets in Scotland, 19/01/22

STV, Holyrood backs introduction of licencing scheme for short-term lets, 19/01/22

Herald, SNP’s Airbnb crackdown plans approved despite last-ditch attempt to water them down, 19/01/22

Scottish Government, Short-term lets legislation approved, 19/01/22

Daily Business, Short term lets licensing plan to go ahead, 19/01/22

Press and Journal, Licencing scheme for Airbnb-style rents passed by Holyrood, 19/01/22

Scottish Housing News, Local authorities to set up licensing schemes after short-term lets legislation approved, 19/01/22

National (Scotland), Holyrood votes to bring in licences for Airbnb-style lets in Scotland, 19/01/22

National (Wales), Holyrood to bring in licences for Airbnb-style lets in Scotland, 19/01/22

Strathspey and Badenoch Herald, Highland Council to set up short-term let licensing schemes, 20.1.22

Short Term Rentalz, MSPs approve short-term let licensing scheme in Scotland, 20.1.22

Letting Agent Today, Short let units should switch to mainstream rentals, says agent, 24/01/22

Strathspey Herald, Highlands MSP claims licensing scheme for short-term lets will damage tourism sector, 22/01/22

Scotsman, Set-back on rural short-term lets, 22/01/22

Edinburgh Reporter, Edinburgh in position to begin regulating short term lets, 22/01/22

Edinburgh Live, Edinburgh in “strong position” to start Airbnb crackdown, council leader says, 21/01/22

Ross-shire Journal, Highland Council to set up short-term let licensing schemes as controversial Scottish Government legislation set to be rolled out, 21/01/22

Record, Owners of AirBnB-style lets in Falkirk now required to ensure electrical safety, 21/01/22

Holyrood, Local authorities set to increase control over short-term lets, 21/01/22

National, Glasgow sees biggest rise in room rents in UK as prices balloon, 20/01/22

Northern Times, Highland Council to set up short-term let licensing schemes, 20/01/22

Property Industry Eye, Savills concerned about new ‘one size fits all’ short-term let licensing scheme, 25/01/22

STV, Edinburgh in ‘strong position to start Airbnb crackdown’, 24/01/22

Scotsman, Short-term lets in Scotland: How the Scottish government has sought to strike a balance between tourism and tackling the problems – Shona Robison MSP, 24/01/22

Northern Scot, New and controversal short term let licensing rules attacked by opposition MPs and industry bodies, 24/01/22

Letting Agent Today, Short let units should switch to mainstream rentals, says agent, 24/01/22

In Your Area, New housing regulations slammed as “ignorant to the needs of area” by landlords, 24/01/22

National, Here’s how much money short-term holiday lets are making in Scotland, 23/01/22

Northern Times, AirBnB-style short-term let operators will have to get a license from April of next year after the Scottish Parliament approved new legislation in a bid to tackle noise, antisocial behaviour and the impact on the supply of housing in some areas, 30/01/22

Ross-Shire Journal, Short-term let properties in Highland will need a licence under Scottish Government rules which are welcomed by MSP Emma Roddick as ‘a first step’, 29/01/22

Courier, New licensing laws ‘insulting’, say Perthshire holiday home owners, 28/01/22

ITV Border, Calls to tackle housing crisis and holiday lets in Keswick, 28/01/22

Record, Dumfries and Galloway holiday accommodation providers fear new legislation is “a sledgehammer to crack quite a small nut”, 28/01/22

Farming UK, Scotland’s new short term lets rules ‘a setback’ for rural firms, 02/02/22

Scottish Farmer, Rural businesses set to suffer under short-term licensing scheme, 02/02/22

Agriland, Scottish short-term lets legislation a ‘setback’ to rural businesses, 02/02/22

Scotland on Sunday, ‘Height of hypocrisy’ as Scottish ministers spend £40,000 on Airbnbs, 13/02/22

Times, Ministers refuse to explain their £40,000 Airbnb bill, 14/02/22

Herald, Scotland Airbnb row as SNP ministers spend £40,000 on accommodation, 13/02/22

WHFP, LEGISLATION HEADACHE: Councils face ‘damage limitation’ on new short term lets licences, 15/02/22