Powers to designate Short Term Let Control Areas have been introduced to manage high concentrations of secondary lettings by restricting or preventing short term lets that affect the availability of residential housing and the character of the local community. Control areas can also help local authorities ensure that homes are used to best effect in their areas.
A Short-term Let Control Area is not a ban on short-term lets, instead it will allow planning policies to be used by local planning authorities to assess proposals which change the use of a dwellinghouse to a Short Term Let and allows communities and individuals the right to make representations through the planning application process.
Find out more and tell us your views on the Proposed Short Term Let Control Area
The consultation runs from 21st September to 1st November 2026.
