http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2021/154/regulation/4The 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. Notice of proposal to designate an area as a short-term let control area 4 1 The planning authority are to give notice of a proposal to designate an area as a short-term let control area by— a publishing notice of the proposal— i in a newspaper circulating in that area, and ii on a website maintained by the planning authority for that purpose, b sending a notice to each community council within whose area it is proposed to designate an area as a short-term let control area. 2 Notice under paragraph (1) must— a contain a statement that the planning authority proposes to designate the area as a short-term let control area and a description, in general terms, of that area, b state how further information in respect of the proposal, including a map of the area which it is proposed to designate, can be inspected free of charge, c state how and by what date (being a date not earlier than 28 days after the last date on which notice is given) representations may be made to the planning authority. 3 The planning authority must make the following information available free of charge on a website maintained by them for that purpose and at an office of the planning authority— a a map of the area which the planning authority propose to designated as a short-term let control area, and b a statement setting out the planning authority’s reasons why the planning authority propose that the area should be designated as a short-term let control area. Reg. 4 in force at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(1)