Short-term let licence

By law, all short-term let properties need a licence including:

  • Secondary letting - letting a property where you do not normally live, e.g. a second home
  • Home letting - letting out all or part of your own home whilst you are absent
  • Home sharing - letting out all or part of your own home whilst you are there
  • Home letting and home sharing.

Apply for a licence 

  1. Use the link to pay for your application first.
  2. After successful payment you will receive a receipt number and time to add to your application, and a link to the main application form.

Apply for a short-term let licence

or email shorttermlet@midlothian.gov.uk. 

Fees

Initial application or renewal - secondary letting
Maximum number 
of bedrooms/guests		 Fee   Fee to consider a material change or licence transfer
Up to 4 bedrooms / 8 guests £515 £300
5–8 bedrooms / 16 guests £580 £350
8–12 bedrooms / 16–24 guests £730 £430
Greater than 12 bedrooms / 24 guests (per room or guest) £58 £35
Initial application or renewal - home sharing/home letting
Maximum number 
of bedrooms/guests		 Fee   Fee to consider a material change or licence transfer
1 bedroom / 3 guests  £235 £110
2–3 bedrooms / 9 guests  £276 £145
4 bedrooms / 9 guests  £365 £210
Greater than 4 bedrooms / 9 guests (per room or guest) £58 £35
Other fees
Item Fee
Duplicate licence  £37
True copy of any entry on public register £105
Visits to premises where visit is necessary because of failure of host or operator (price per hour) £121

Short-term let licence register

View the short-term licence register for details of properties with a licence.

Guidance

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