Short-term lets in Scotland – Licensing Scheme

Application checklist

A checklist forms part of the application. This check list must be fully completed in order to submit your application.

You will have to provide the following:-

Completed application form
Correct application fee
Completed fire risk assessment
Annual gas certificate (for premises with a gas supply
Electrical installation condition report
Portable appliance testing report
Legionella risk assessment
Copy of planning permission or certificate of lawfulness (if required)
Floor plan
EPC certificate (for premises which are dwellinghouses)
Buildings insurance
Public liability insurance
Proof of consent from owner (if applicable)
Evidence of operation as a short-term let on or before 1 October 2023 (for existing hosts applying during transitional period)

You will have to confirm or enter N/A that you have:-

Identified the owners and those involved in the day-to-day management of your premises
Ensured that to the best of your knowledge all those named on your application are fit and proper persons
Prepared information that will be available to guests at the premises including:

Applied for planning permission (if required)
Noted the requirement to display your licence number and EPC rating on listings for my premises
Checked if any additional licence conditions apply to you / your premises
Proof that furniture and furnishings/the furniture and furnishings guests have access to comply with fire safety regulations
Read and understood the mandatory conditions that will apply to my licence

You will have to confirm that your premises:-

Meets current statutory guidance for provision of fire, smoke and heat detection
Meets statutory guidance for carbon monoxide alarms
Meets the required regulations for private water supplies (for premises with a private water supply i.e not provided by Scottish Water)
Meets obligations with regard to the Tolerable and Repairing standard (applicable to dwellinghouses)