Short Term Lets - Forms, Guidance and Fees

Forms and Guidance

Follow the links in the documents section of this page for an application form, a guidance document and a fire safety checklist.

A copy of the Council’s most up to date STL Policy Statement is available on this website to download. This Policy was last reviewed by the Council’s General Purposes Board on 13 March 2024.

This Policy regulates the Council’s licensing scheme in relation to Short-term lets. Please note that Planning Permission or a Certificate of Lawful Use may also be required in addition to a STL licence. An application for Planning Permission or a Certificate of Lawful Use should be made to the Council’s Planning Service. Licensing and Planning are separate legal matters.

Please contact the Council’s Planning Service before submitting a STL licence application to the Council’s Licensing Section to confirm whether Planning Permission or a Certificate of Lawful Use is required. Enquiries should be made by emailing: dmplanning@inverclyde.gov.uk

If you have objected to an application for Planning Permission, that objection will not be shared with the Licensing Section, and vice versa. You will require to lodge separate objections to each application.