http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2021/154/regulation/3The Town and Country Planning (Short-term Let Control Areas) (Scotland) Regulations 2021enTOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNINGStatute Law Database2022-11-16Expert Participation2022-03-01 These Regulations make further provision for the purposes of section 26B of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (“the 1997 Act”). Section 26B enables a planning authority to designate all or part of its area as a short-term let control area. Where an area is designated as a short-term let control area a change of use of a dwellinghouse to use for the purpose of providing short-term lets is deemed to be a material change of use and so constitutes development under section 26 of the 1997 Act. The Town and Country Planning (Short-term Let Control Areas) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 3 Before an area may be designated as a short-term let control area for the purposes of section 26B of the Act— a the planning authority must give notice of the proposed designation in accordance with regulation 4, b the proposed designation must be approved by the Scottish Ministers, and c the planning authority must give notice of the designation in accordance with regulation 9. Reg. 3 in force at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(1)