Consultation outcome

Consultation on a registration scheme for short-term lets in England

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
• Published: 12 April 2023
• Last updated: 19 July 2024
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  1. 19 July 2024

     Privacy notice updated.

  2. 7 March 2024

     Minor update to consultation details page, clarifying that the consultation outcome will be added later in the year.

  3. 19 February 2024

     Link added to new statement on next steps in developing a registration scheme for short-term lets in England.

  4. 25 May 2023

     Below para added to privacy notice to reflect third-party supplier involvement: 'Responses to the consultation will be shared with a third-party supplier, who DCMS will appoint to analyse the responses and report on the findings of the consultation. The supplier will be required to sign a contract with DCMS which will include specific clauses on data protection and security. DCMS will ensure that responses are shared with the supplier via a secure transfer method.'

  5. 12 April 2023

     First published.

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

On 19 February 2024, the government published a statement setting out the next steps on delivering a registration scheme for short-term lets.

A full response to the consultation will be published later this year.

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Original consultation

Summary

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is seeking views on the design of a registration scheme for short-term let properties in England, including on its scope and how it would operate.

This consultation ran from
10:30pm on 12 April 2023 to 11:59pm on 7 June 2023

Consultation description

This consultation follows a commitment by government to introduce a short-term lets registration scheme through an amendment to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill.

The registration scheme will ensure England continues to provide safe and high-quality guest accommodation, as well as provide data that will help local authorities identify where premises are being let out in their area. It will provide valuable information to help local authorities enforce health and safety regulations and manage the housing market impact of high numbers of short-term lets (where this is an issue).

This consultation seeks views on a range of questions relating to how the scheme should be set up and administered.

Documents

Consultation on a registration scheme for short-term lets in England

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