STL Consultation: How to Respond

How do I respond to the Scottish Government Consultation?

We understand that you will have lots of demands on your time but this is a critical issue for you, your business and our industry.

We therefore strongly encourage you to participate in the consultation and contact your local representatives so we can try and influence this for the betterment of Scottish tourism.

Read the Background to the Consultation HERE

Read the ASSC Briefing Document HERE

Watch the ASSC Webinar Recording HERE

If you have questions about the consultation, or how to respond, join us on 10th August at 11am.

There are 3 easy steps on how you can respond…

1. Respond to the Scottish Government’s consultation

Consultation Questions – Use the following link:

https://consult.gov.scot/housing-and-social-justice/short-term-lets-draft-licensing-order-and-bria/consultation/subpage.2016-07-07.1474135251/

 

For Paper 2: Draft Licensing order – please state your issues and how to resolve them:

Please provide any comments and any suggestions you have to resolve this

[Here you might wish to add information about the impact to your business, (see the key areas of contention) and add in why you might prefer ASSC’s registration scheme as a suggestion]

State you are a professional operator and if you are a member of the ASSC or any other industry organisation.

For Paper 3: Draft Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (BRIA) – please state your issues and how to resolve them:

Please provide any comments and any suggestions you have to resolve this

[Here you might wish to add information about the impact to your business, (see the key areas of contention) and add in why you might prefer ASSC’s registration scheme as a suggestion]

Respond by Friday 13^th August 2021 

 

2. Contact your regional and constituency MSPs in the first instance and then local authority councillors

• Highlight the problems with the regulations (you can copy and paste your consultation response)
• Explain the likely impact on your business and your local supply chain etc.
• You can find your MSPs using the postcode checker tool on the Scottish Parliament website: https://beta.parliament.scot/msps/current-and-previous-msps 
• Link to List of MSPs by Region: MSP by Region 2021

3. Email a copy of your correspondence above to:communications@assc.co.uk

Thank you!