The following Freedom of Information Request has been submitted to each local authority in Scotland today:

To whom it may concern, 

I am contacting you in order make a FOI request under The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. Please may you provide me with information in respect of the following questions: 

• Is the council’s short-term let licensing scheme currently open to all types of short-term let accommodation provider?
• How many short-term let licensing applications have you received in total and then broken down by: (a) home sharing; (b) home letting; and (c) secondary letting?
• How many short-term let licences have been (a) granted; and (b) rejected?
• What short-term let licensing fees have been collected so far?

If any of this information is already in the public domain, please can you direct me to it, with page references and URLs if necessary.

I understand that you are required to respond to my request within the 20 working days after you receive this correspondence. I would be grateful if you could confirm that you have received this request.

I look forward to hearing from you. 

Yours faithfully,

Fiona Campbell

CEO ASSC