The City of Edinburgh Council has launched a 12-week consultation on its short-term lets licensing scheme as part of a planned review of the local policy.
The exercise will allow residents, stakeholders and businesses affected by the operation of the scheme to offer comments and feedback, with targeted discussions with resident groups, industry bodies and other key stakeholders also set to take place.
This will cover the council's approach to secondary letting, temporary exemptions, fees, and the application process.
Since the introduction of a licensing scheme for short-term lets in October 2022, the council has received over 4,000 applications.
Residents and industry are being encouraged to share their experiences of Edinburgh's short-term lets licensing online on the council’s website until 14th October, when the consultation will close.
A report highlighting the results and further recommendations will be brought forward in the autumn.
Regulatory convener, cllr Neil Ross, said: “Since we launched Edinburgh's short-term let licensing policy in October 2022, we've granted over 1,500 applications — this is helping to ensure holiday lets are safe and properly regulated in our city.
"We now want to hear how the scheme has impacted the residents and businesses of Edinburgh.
“The opportunity for everyone to input into how the short term lets licensing scheme is working was a commitment we gave last year and over the coming weeks, we want to hear your views.
“I’m confident this will help us to better understand how people are finding the regulation through licensing of short-term lets in Edinburgh and help inform any future decision making."
