This page lists the information we need if you are submitting a Do I need planning permission enquiry relating to a short-term-let.
Where an enquiry or application relates to multiple properties, please give answers in relation to each property.
1. How is the property used?
- Is all or part of your own home available for short-term lets whilst you are absent (home-letting)?
- Is all or part of your own home available for short-term lets whilst you are there (home-sharing)? If so, how many bedrooms do you have and how many do you let?
- Is it the letting of property where you do not normally live, for example a second home (secondary letting)?
- When did the use start and what evidence is there to support the identified date? The evidence must be provided.
2. Character of the property
- Is it a house or a flat?
- Is it detached, semi-detached, terraced, flatted or something else?
- How many rooms, specifically number of bedrooms, bathrooms, and public rooms?
- Does the property share communal areas with a neighbouring property such as a shared driveway, access doors, hallways, stairwells, parking, garden or outdoor areas and so on?
- Is the property in a town, village or rural setting?
- Is it located on a main road, a street, cul-de-sac, private drive, or shared private access?
- How close are neighbouring properties?
3. The typical number of people staying, and their likelihood of being a single household
- How many people can stay at the property having regard to room and bed spaces and associated facilities?
4. The frequency of arrivals and departures, and duration of stays
- Is there any minimum or maximum letting period and, if so, what is it?
- How often is the property let out during the year - frequency of use?
- What are the permitted arrival and departure times for guests and how is that controlled?
5. The nature of services provided, such as cleaning or laundry
- What cleaning service is provided and how frequent is it?
- What laundry service is provided and how frequent is it?
- Are there facilities available for guests such as outdoor areas, barbecues, balconies, hot tubs and so on?
6. The likely frequency and intensity of noisy or otherwise unsociable activities
- Where is the owner/manager of the property located relative to location of property?
- Are there any management plans in place regarding guests use of the property and if so what are they?
- Number of guests and potential for multiple households to be present