Purpose and scope of the guidance
The Planning Guidance: Change of Use of Residential Property to Short-term Let (PDF, 217 KB) has been prepared to help businesses and residents understand how applications for planning permission for such changes of use will be considered in Perth & Kinross. The Guidance was approved by the Council's Environment, Infrastructure and Economic Development Committee on 1 November 2023 and has now been adopted as non-statutory guidance.
Short-term Let Control Area
The Council is proposing to designate a Short-term Let Control Area for Highland Perthshire and the Northern part of Eastern Perthshire housing market areas, subject to Scottish Ministerial approval. Following statutory public consultation last year, those results and the proposal were considered again at the Full Council meeting of 17 June 2026 resulting in agreement to submit the proposed designation to Scottish Ministers for their approval and we await their response. In the meantime, you can view the proposed STL Control Area map to see the extent of the intended designation.
Strategic Environmental Assessment
The draft guidance was considered under the Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005. Pre-screening identified that it would have no or minimal environmental effects because it will be non-statutory and sit within the framework of the National Planning Framework 4 which has undergone full SEA. It is therefore exempt, and the SEA Gateway has been notified.
