Short Term Lets Licensing Statistics, To 30 June 2024

29th October 2024

There were at least 30,299 applications for a short-term licence as of end June 2024. 82% (24,810) of these applications were validated. Not all authorities report applications still to be validated to the Scottish Government as they are not required to.

The majority (82%; 24,913) of these applications were received before the 1 October 2023 cut off for existing hosts and operators to apply for a provisional licence to continue operating whilst waiting for a full licence confirmation.

The majority (18,965 or 76%) of validated applications relate to secondary letting (i.e. where a non-primary residence is let out), with 2,575 (10%) being for home sharing, 1,937 (8%) for home letting, and 1,333 (5%) for a mixture of home sharing and letting. Similar proportions are reported for licences granted.

21,075 licences or exemptions were in operation as of 30 June 2024. Full licences accounted for over three quarters (76% or 16,052) of this number and 22% (4,560) were provisional licences pending a final decision. There were 461 temporary licences and exemptions.