Residents Shocked by the U-Turn on Short-Term Lets Licensing Law
Download PDF PLACE, a group representing residents on the Scottish Government’s Short-Term Lets Stakeholder Working […]
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Stories, posts, and latest about bringing balance between short-term lets and protecting liveable, affordable communities in Edinburgh.
Short Term Lets: Consultation on draft Licensing Order and Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (BRIA)
Added 25/08/2021Download PDF https://consult.gov.scot/housing-and-social-justice/short-term-lets-draft-licensing-order-and-bria/ Summary We strongly support the licensing scheme proposed by the Scottish […]
Read more →68B Grassmarket Objection
Objection to Change of use from residential to short term visitor accommodation at 1F2 68B […]
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PLACE DRAFT Recommendations to the Scottish Government Working Group on Short-Term Lets
Read more →Legislation Update…
On Wednesday, the Local Government and Communities Committee voted to approve the proposed rules on […]
Read more →June 2020 View of Tourism in Scotland & Edinburgh – insights from nearly two decades of research
When tourism emerges, I hope that it will be different for the reasons that will become apparent with my unfolding story about my many years of research into tourism and specifically Edinburgh’s tourism.
Read more →“Our residents deserve a safe place to live. Our visitors deserve a safe place to stay.”
Edinburgh Evening News story by Conor Matchett requested a statement from PLACE Edinburgh about the Scottish Government’s decision to allow holiday lets and Airbnbs in shared tenements to reopen from July 15 has been described by an MSP as a “kick in the teeth”. Read the full story below.
Read more →PLACE Edinburgh Quoted in Edinburgh Evening News
“PLACE Edinburgh said that the updated guidelines were a ‘substantial relief’ but called for Airbnbs to stay shut ‘for the duration of the pandemic’. It wrote: ‘Every month it is not uncommon that each short-term let brings ten or more groups (often not from the same household), plus the number of cleaners, laundry staff and “hosts” to the shared tenements…”
Read more →Keep Short-Term Lets Closed After July 15th
We are concerned that the provisional date of the 15th July for reopening short term […]
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