Hey,
I own a plot with a hut on it, very remote.
Wondering what the legality is of ocassionally renting out our hut on Airbnb?
Is this against the planning regs? If so why? Is there any way around it?
Struggling financially so wondering if we have any options here. Wouldnt be year round, just the ocassinal booking.
If it is agaisnt regs, who is checking? How would they know?
Thanks!
https://www.gov.scot/publications/foi-19-01020/
Relevant, too. This clarified various ambiguities in Guidance.
And, it can be argued, that if a hut meets the definition of a bothy then it excluded from STL. Bothy does not mean free, open.
Note that Type 23A (a hut not the frigate!) is not an Included type. You can operate as a bothy (if it meets description) but you may get threatened with an Enforcement Notice. You should not but you may. That would be heavy handed if you can demonstrate it meets the definition of "bothy".
https://www.mygov.scot/short-term-let-licences/accommodation-needing-short-term-let-licences#:~:text=bothy%20%E2%80%93%20a%20building%20of%20no,from%20the%20nearest%20habitable%20building
I do not, even, believe it is against the ethos of hutting to rent it out and permit, encourage, be satisfied with others' use.
Norway. Roll up to an area and rent any of a dozen or more huts.
"Recreational" has no legal inferrence nor definition of non-commercial. There are commercial recreational businesses. There is no guidance nor statement barring commercial. The guidance is "not a dwelling".
A simple building used intermittently as recreational accommodation (ie. not a principal residence)
See the 2 huts (commercial) approved on Bute. In Argyll. Where i had / have my planning battles. It is irrelevant that the commercial entity is locally community owned.
However. You have to comply with STL legislation. STL approval has Objective tests (fire safety etc). STL is a planning matter so will have some Subjective element to it and will depend where your hut is, who you planning officer is, how yiur hut was progressed, how much you annoyed them.
There's nothing illegal in itself about renting out a hut. What could get you into trouble would be if you had built it under the huts category in planning, which requires that the hut be for recreational use (i.e. by you, the owner) rather than commercial. Not all huts are built under this regulation though. If it was, the planning authorities might not know or care about a small amount of letting out, but if it became its main use and/or someone made a complaint they might take an interest.
i let my hut out to my family and friends if asked .walkers cycles no cars keep a low profile i had an ad in a walking mag and a mounting bike one word off mouth helps i live on a e.h.w
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