http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2021/154/regulation/9The 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 9 1 Before designating an area as a short-term let control area, or varying or cancelling a section 26B designation, the planning authority must publish notice of the designation, variation or cancellation, as the case may be, in accordance with this regulation. 2 If approval of the designation or variation by the Scottish Ministers is required under regulation 3 or 5, notice under paragraph (1) is to be given after the Scottish Ministers have given such approval. 3 Notice under paragraph (1) must be published— a in a newspaper circulating in that area, and b on a website maintained by the planning authority for that purpose. 4 Notice under paragraph (1) of— a the designation of a short-term let control area must state— i the date on which the area is to be designated as a short-term let control area (being a date not earlier than 28 days after the date of publication of the notice), ii how a copy of a map of the designated short-term let control area can be inspected, b variation of a section 26B designation must state— i the date on which the variation is to take effect (being a date not earlier than 28 days after the date of publication of the notice), ii how a copy of the map of the designated short-term let area as varied can be inspected, c cancellation of a section 26B designation must— i state the date on which the cancellation is to take effect (being a date not earlier than 28 days after the date of publication of the notice), ii identify the section 26B designation to be cancelled. 5 The planning authority must make a map of the designated short-term let control area, or such area as varied, available for inspection free of charge on a website maintained by them for that purpose and at an office of the planning authority. Reg. 9 in force at 1.4.2021, see reg. 1(1)