Renewing a short-term let licence in North Lanarkshire

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

North Lanarkshire 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

North Lanarkshire is the simplest fee structure in Scotland: the same price for every licence type, split at four guests.

New application or renewal

Maximum guests	All licence types
Up to 4	£315
5 or more	£472.50

Fees read from North Lanarkshire 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
North Lanarkshire's fee: £315, paid direct to the council
Gas safety certificate: £29, paid direct to the engineer
Total: £663

Based on any licence type, up to four guests, 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 North Lanarkshire

One fee covers every licence type — secondary letting, home letting and home sharing all cost the same here, which is unusual.
At £315 for a four-guest property this is among the cheapest councils in Scotland. Edinburgh charges £1,053 for the equivalent secondary let.
North Lanarkshire publishes the licence expiry date on its public register, so your renewal date can be looked up rather than estimated.

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

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

Open the North Lanarkshire 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 North Lanarkshire

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 North Lanarkshire 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. Perth & Kinross, Renfrewshire, Scottish Borders, South Ayrshire, West Lothian — 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.