Renewing a short-term let licence in Falkirk
Everything Thistle Compliance knows about renewing a short-term let licence with Falkirk 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
Falkirk's 2025/26 schedule charges the same for a new application, a renewal and a temporary licence, split at four guests. Home letting and home sharing are exactly half the secondary letting rate at the lower band.
New, renewal or temporary application
| Licence type | Up to 4 guests | 5 or more guests |
|---|---|---|
| Secondary letting | £315 | £504 |
| Home letting | £157.50 | £315 |
| Home sharing | £157.50 | £315 |
| Home letting and home sharing | £157.50 | £315 |
Other application types
| Provisional grant | 20% of the application fee |
|---|---|
| Confirmation of a provisional licence | 80% of the application fee |
| Transfer of licence | £105 |
Fees read from Falkirk 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
- Falkirk's fee
- £315, paid direct to the council
- Gas safety certificate
- £29, paid direct to the engineer
- Total
- £663
What is specific to Falkirk
- No renewal discount — renewing costs the same as applying for the first time.
- A secondary let sleeping five costs £504, against £315 for four. Getting the declared occupancy right is worth £189 here.
- Falkirk publishes licence expiry dates 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
Falkirk Council publishes a public register of licensed short-term lets, as every Scottish council must. Your licence details are in it.
Open the Falkirk 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 Falkirk
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 Falkirk 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. Fife, Glasgow City, Midlothian, North Lanarkshire, Perth & Kinross — 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.