PLACE News – PLACE Edinburgh

Opinion: what effect does the Court of Session Ruling on the Edinburgh Council Short-term Lets Licensing have?12/06/2023
We’ve finally had time to read the decision by the Court of Session to find parts of the City of Edinburgh Council STLs Licensing Policy unlawful and form our opinion
Residents Shocked by the U-Turn on Short-Term Lets Licensing Law25/10/2021
Download PDF PLACE, a group representing residents on the Scottish Government’s Short-Term Lets Stakeholder Working … Read more
Short Term Lets: Consultation on draft Licensing Order and Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (BRIA)25/08/2021
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 Objection10/06/2021
Objection to Change of use from residential to short term visitor accommodation at 1F2 68B … Read more
PLACE News26/02/2021
PLACE DRAFT Recommendations to the Scottish Government Working Group on Short-Term Lets
Legislation Update…07/02/2021
On Wednesday, the Local Government and Communities Committee voted to approve the proposed rules on … Read more
Feedback needed on the DRAFT PLACE Response to the Short Term Lets Consultation on a licensing scheme and planning control areas in Scotland26/09/2020
June 2020 View of Tourism in Scotland & Edinburgh – insights from nearly two decades of research20/07/2020
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.
“Our residents deserve a safe place to live. Our visitors deserve a safe place to stay.”07/07/2020
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.
PLACE Edinburgh Quoted in Edinburgh Evening News06/07/2020
“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…”