West Dunbartonshire Council Short Term Let License Process

Practical information about the West Dunbartonshire Council's Short Term Let Licence process. To be read in conjunction with the  information relevant to the process for the whole of Scotland.

Application forms and documents

The Council's short term let licensing page is here

It includes links to the Council's short term lets policy.

You need to complete the online application process here

Or you can request a paper copy form from the Licensing team at the Council

You will be asked to submit the following documents as part of the application process:

• Detailed to scale floor plan showing the items mentioned at 4.7(b) of the policy document

• EPC dated within the last 10 years

• Buildings insurance

• Public Liability Insurance

• Gas safety certificate dated within the last 12 months, properly completed and showing the property is safe to let

• Completed fire risk assessment - here is an example one

• EICR dated within the last 5 years, properly completed and showing the property is safe to let

• PAT report

• Legionella risk assessment

• Guest information sheet

• Private water supply sample results (if the property has a private water supply)

• Owner(s) declaration (if you own your property jointly or you do not own the property)

• Evidence of letting before 1 October 2022 e.g. booking confirmation email from Sykes for a booking(s) that took place before 1 October 2022 or an Owner Statement.

Fees

The licence fee for secondary letting is £766.

Additional Conditions specific to West Dunbartonshire Council

There are additional conditions to comply with, these include:

• Ensuring the bedrooms, living room and hallway are covered with carpet or vinyl together with quality underlay - this condition is not automatic and may be imposed in flats at 1st floor and above where complaints received regarding noise

• Taking reasonable steps to ensure guests do not first arrive or finally depart between the hours of 11pm and 7am - this condition is not automatic and may be imposed in flats with residential property below or close proximity to neighbouring property or in a shared building

• Clearly labelling bins as belonging to the property

• Not affixing a key box/device to any public or jointly owned infrastructure without provable consent

• Ensuring LPG room-heaters are not present

• If there is solid fuel appliance (e.g. open fire/wood burner), chimney/flue is inspected and record available for inspection.

See Appendix 4 of the policy document for further details on each additional condition.