Renewing a short-term let licence in East Dunbartonshire

Everything Thistle Compliance knows about renewing a short-term let licence with East Dunbartonshire Council — the fees, the documents, where to send it, and how to find your own expiry date.

East Dunbartonshire Councilurban authority

Licence period: Three years.
Cost to renew: Same fee as a new application
We take work here: Yes
Fees checked: 2026-09-29

Read from the council's own published schedule, never an aggregator. Every guide is re-checked monthly.

Fees

One three-year fee covers both a new application and a renewal, priced up to ten persons with a step for every additional five.

Three-year application or renewal

Licence type	Up to 10 persons	Each additional 5 persons
Secondary letting	£594	+£55
Home letting	£495	+£55
Home letting and home sharing	£495	+£55
Home sharing	£275 per room	—

Fees read from East Dunbartonshire Council's own published schedule on 2026-09-29 — source. Council fees are paid by you directly to the council. We never add to them and they never pass through our books.

What it comes to

Total costWorked example

Our fee: £319
East Dunbartonshire's fee: £594, paid direct to the council
Gas safety certificate: £29, paid direct to the engineer
Total: £942

Based on a secondary let for up to ten people, with an electrical report still in date. Your own figure depends on occupancy and on which certificates you already hold — we work that out before you commit to anything.

What is specific to East Dunbartonshire

Home sharing is charged per room rather than per property, which is unusual — three let rooms means £825.
The council's own worked example: a secondary let for 11 to 15 persons is £594 + £55 = £649.
No renewal discount.

What a renewal requires

A renewal is not a lighter version of a first application. It takes the identical document pack:

EICR electrical reportevery 5 years
Gas safety certificateevery 12 months
PAT testing certificateevery 12 months
Fire risk assessmentperiodic Plus the fire safety checklist, held on site
Scottish Fire & Rescue safety checklistevery renewal
Legionella risk assessmentperiodic You can do this one yourself
Insurance evidence, minimum £2m liabilityevery renewal
Floor plan and location planevery renewal
Owner declarationsevery renewal
Signed Certificate of Complianceevery renewal
Mandatory-conditions checklistevery renewal

How to find your own expiry date

East Dunbartonshire Council publishes a public register of licensed short-term lets, as every Scottish council must. Your licence details are in it.

Open the East Dunbartonshire public register

Search for your property address or your own name. If the register does not show an expiry date — most do not — work from your grant date and add the licence period above. If you applied in the 2023 window, your licence expires this autumn.

You do not need us for this part. The register is public and the date is free to find. What we sell is the work between knowing the date and filing the pack.

What we would do for you in East Dunbartonshire

You tell us the property. We work out which certificates are in date and which are missing, book accredited local engineers for the gaps, assemble the full pack, and file it with East Dunbartonshire Council before your deadline.

£319 for a single property, £379 for a secondary let. Council fees and engineers are paid by you directly, at cost. Filed before your deadline, or your money back.

Get your renewal handled See full pricing

What other councils charge

Fees are set locally and the spread across Scotland is wide, so a figure from a neighbouring authority is not a guide to this one. East Renfrewshire, Falkirk, Fife, Glasgow City, Midlothian — or the full list of council guides.

If you are not sure when your licence runs out, the dates and what happens if you miss them is the place to start.