A scheme to regulate Airbnbs and other short term lets has been branded an unnecessary solution to an ‘Edinburgh problem’.
David Mitchell, East Ayrshire Council’s top legal officer, said that the scheme was brought into effect to deal with an issue with short term lets in the capital, particularly around the Edinburgh Festival.
He told the council’s licensing panel that there was ‘consternation’ with the approach across the country, as the Scottish Government had chosen to make the legislation mandatory, rather than optional.
