Short-term lets in Scotland – Licensing Scheme

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: 

1. a certified copy of the licence and the licence conditions
2. fire, gas and electrical safety information
3. details of how to summon the assistance of emergency services
4. a copy of the gas safety report
5. a copy of the Electrical Installation Condition Report, and
6. copy of the Portable Appliance Testing Report

• 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)