Renewing a short-term let licence in Renfrewshire
Everything Thistle Compliance knows about renewing a short-term let licence with Renfrewshire Council — the fees, the documents, where to send it, and how to find your own expiry date.
- Licence period
- Three years.
- Cost to renew
- Same fee as a new application
- We take work here
- Yes
- Fees checked
- 2026-09-29
Fees
Renfrewshire has the widest gap in Scotland between home letting and secondary letting — a secondary let costs roughly three times a home let of the same size. Priced by bedrooms let, not guests.
Full licence
| Bedrooms let | Home letting | Home sharing | Home letting and sharing | Secondary letting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £291 | £291 | £291 | £927 |
| 2 | £407 | £407 | £407 | £1,043 |
| 3 | £407 | £407 | £407 | £1,159 |
| 4 or more | £407 | £407 | £407 | £1,274 |
Provisional licence
| Bedrooms let | Home letting | Home sharing | Home letting and sharing | Secondary letting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £189 | £189 | £189 | £603 |
| 2 | £264 | £264 | £264 | £678 |
| 3 | £264 | £264 | £264 | £754 |
| 4 or more | £264 | £264 | £264 | £829 |
Confirmation of a provisional licence
| Bedrooms let | Home letting | Home sharing | Home letting and sharing | Secondary letting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £213 | £213 | £213 | £435 |
| 2 | £254 | £254 | £254 | £476 |
| 3 | £254 | £254 | £254 | £516 |
| 4 or more | £254 | £254 | £254 | £557 |
Other application types
| Temporary exemption | £117 |
|---|---|
| Variation of licence | £117 — does not cover changing the licence type |
| Material change of circumstances | £117 — does not cover changing the licence type |
| Certified duplicate licence | £48 |
| Certified true copies | £48 |
Fees read from Renfrewshire 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
- Our fee
- £319
- Renfrewshire's fee
- £1,043, paid direct to the council
- Gas safety certificate
- £29, paid direct to the engineer
- Total
- £1,391
What is specific to Renfrewshire
- The secondary letting premium here is the steepest in Scotland. A one-bedroom home let is £291; the same property as a secondary let is £927. Which category you fall into matters more in Renfrewshire than anywhere else.
- Fees are banded by bedrooms let, not by guests or by total bedrooms in the property.
- Above one bedroom, home letting and home sharing flatten at £407 — a four-bedroom home let costs the same as a two-bedroom one.
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
Renfrewshire Council publishes a public register of licensed short-term lets, as every Scottish council must. Your licence details are in it.
Open the Renfrewshire 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 Renfrewshire
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 Renfrewshire 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. Scottish Borders, South Ayrshire, West Lothian, City of Edinburgh, Dumfries & Galloway — 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.