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Appeal: Poor online marketing prevents B&B conversion

14.05.2019

An inspector has rejected plans to convert a struggling bed-and-breakfast in East Sussex into a home, agreeing with the council that the business could be revived through ‘a better attempt’ at online...

Appeals round-up: Community management of listed pub ‘not viable’; ‘Fluid’ Airbnb accommodation not comparable to guesthouses

10.05.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 4 May-10 May, 2019

Appeal: ‘Fluid’ Airbnb accommodation not comparable to guesthouses

08.05.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has refused plans to convert a guesthouse in Bexhill into a flat, commenting that the growth of Airbnb in the town provided a ‘fluid’ supply of tourist accommodation that is ‘not necessarily as...

Short-let registration called for in London

25.04.2019

Laura Edgar

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called on the government to introduce a registration system for those who want to rent out a property for less than 90 days in a calendar year in order to protect housing for long-term residents.

Appeal: Lawful development certificate refused for Glasgow Airbnb flat

23.04.2019

Matt Moody

airbnb | certificate of lawful use | Holiday accommodation | Leisure & Tourism | Scotland

A flat that has been let as short-term holiday accommodation since 2018 has undergone a material change of use, a reporter has ruled in refusing to grant a lawful development certificate.

Short-term lets could lead to loss of private rent properties, CIH warns

05.04.2019

Laura Edgar

Private rented homes could be lost to the ‘rapidly growing’ short-term lets market, the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has warned. If unregulated, this would lead to the displacement of long-term residents from their communities.

Ireland round-up: Green light for Dublin flats scheme that beats former height restrictions; Dublin looks to Vienna for homes policy

05.04.2019

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Ireland: 30 March-5 April, 2019

Enforcement: Notice upheld against 13 Cambridge ‘hybrid use’ flats

07.03.2019

Matt Moody

An inspector has upheld enforcement action against 13 flats in central Cambridge let as short-term holiday accommodation after finding that they were in ‘some sort of hybrid use’ between use classes C1 (...

Appeals round-up: Three-home scheme would affect nuclear incident plans; 180 days of holiday letting harmful to housing supply

08.02.2019

Matt Moody

A round-up of planning appeals: 2 February-8 February, 2019

Appeal: 180 days of holiday letting harmful to housing supply

06.02.2019

Matt Moody

Allowing an Islington townhouse to be let short term for 180 days a year – twice the legal limit – would be detrimental to London's housing supply, an inspector has ruled, in contrast with other recent...

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