Renewing a short-term let licence in East Renfrewshire
Everything Thistle Compliance knows about renewing a short-term let licence with East 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
- Cheaper to renew
- We take work here
- Yes
- Fees checked
- 2026-09-29
Fees
Priced by bedrooms rather than guests, and one of the few councils that discounts a renewal. After Edinburgh, this is the most expensive council found so far.
Secondary letting
| Bedrooms | New application | Renewal (3-yearly) |
|---|---|---|
| Up to 2 | £972.00 | £805.00 |
| Up to 3 | £1,025.50 | £858.50 |
| Up to 4 | £1,079.00 | £912.00 |
| Up to 5 | £1,132.50 | £965.50 |
| Up to 6 | £1,186.00 | £1,019.00 |
| Up to 7 | £1,239.50 | £1,072.50 |
| 8 or more | £1,293.00 | £1,126.00 |
Home letting (and home letting with home sharing)
| Bedrooms | New application | Renewal (3-yearly) |
|---|---|---|
| Up to 2 | £661.00 | £549.00 |
| Up to 3 | £714.50 | £602.50 |
| Up to 4 | £768.00 | £656.00 |
| Up to 5 | £821.50 | £709.50 |
| Up to 6 | £875.00 | £763.00 |
| Up to 7 | £928.50 | £816.50 |
| 8 or more | £982.00 | £870.00 |
Home sharing
| Bedrooms | New application | Renewal (3-yearly) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | £377.00 | £313.00 |
| 2 | £403.60 | £340.00 |
| 3 | £430.20 | £367.00 |
| 4 | £456.80 | £394.00 |
| 5 | £483.40 | £421.00 |
Other application types
| Provisional new-build licence | from £972.00 |
|---|---|
| Transfer of licence | £155.00 |
| Material change of circumstances | charged at new application rates |
Fees read from East 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
- East Renfrewshire's fee
- £805, paid direct to the council
- Gas safety certificate
- £29, paid direct to the engineer
- Total
- £1,153
What is specific to East Renfrewshire
- Renewing saves real money here — £805 against £972 on a two-bedroom secondary let, a £167 difference. Missing the deadline turns a renewal into a new application and costs you that.
- Fees are banded by bedrooms, not guests, which is unusual. Most councils price on maximum occupancy.
- Only Edinburgh is more expensive. A two-bedroom secondary let costs £972 here against £315 in North Lanarkshire, twenty minutes away.
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 Renfrewshire Council publishes a public register of licensed short-term lets, as every Scottish council must. Your licence details are in it.
Open the East 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 East 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 East 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. Falkirk, Fife, Glasgow City, Midlothian, North Lanarkshire — 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.