Short term lets licensing

Guidance - Short Term Let Control Areas

Inside STL (Short Term Let) control areas a mandatory licensing condition regarding planning permission applies.

Current control areas

Ward 20 Badenoch and Strathspey, was designated as a STL control area at 12pm on 4 March 2024.

The entire Ward 20 area is covered and a map of ward 20 is available to download.

Planning advice

Applicants can enquire as to whether they require planning permission for their property by making a development enquiry.

Responses offered by this service do not have any formal legal standing and will not be accepted as evidence that planning permission is not required for a STL property.

Questions regarding the planning aspects of the STL Control Area or regarding specific applications for planning permission can be directed to our planning department at devplans@highland.gov.uk.

If you have further questions guidance notes on planning for STL control areas are available to download.