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Licensing28 June 2026·7 min read

Edinburgh 3-Year Licences: Where the Renewal Regime Now Stands and What Operators Should Prepare For

Home-let and home-sharing 3-year licences (grant-only from the scheme's original design) are now working through their first renewal cycle in Edinburgh. Secondary-let 3-year licences only became available following the Council's 2025 Regulatory Committee decisions, so those renewals do not begin until 2028. This piece sets out what operators should be preparing for now — and why the planning question is being asked at renewal in a way it wasn't at first grant.

#Edinburgh #Licensing #Renewals

Regulation5 June 2026·10 min read

Scotland's Short-Term Let Licensing Regime, Three Years On: What Did It Actually Deliver?

The Scottish licensing scheme opened in October 2022 and became mandatory on 1 October 2023. Two years and eight months on, this piece takes stock. What did the scheme deliver on the objectives it was sold on - housing supply, guest safety, and neighbourhood amenity - and what did it cost operators, communities, and the wider tourism economy?

#Scotland #Licensing #Regulation #Analysis

Licensing15 May 2026·11 min read

Edinburgh Festival 2026: What You Need to Legally Let Your Property

A practical guide to the licensing and planning regime for festival-period short-term letting in Edinburgh. The four common scenarios - home letting, home sharing, secondary letting, and the August arbitrage of student flats - and what each one actually requires.

#Edinburgh #Licensing #Festivals #Planning #Control Areas

Planning15 April 2026·5 min read

Edinburgh Councillors Move to Close STL Planning 'Loophole'

Operators obtaining licences without planning consent by submitting and withdrawing planning applications. Council asks Scottish Government to close the gap.

#Edinburgh #Planning #Licensing

LicensingOctober 2025·6 min read

Edinburgh: 3-Year Renewal Options Now Available

Edinburgh Council has extended secondary let STL licence renewals from 1 year to 3 years - and existing applicants can now upgrade.

#Edinburgh #Licensing

LicensingNovember 2024·10 min read

Does Glasgow's STL Licensing System Have a Broken Clock?

Glasgow is failing to determine licence applications within statutory deadlines - trapping operators in licensing limbo.

#Glasgow #Licensing #Enforcement

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