A TORY bid to delay the short-term lets licensing scheme deadline by a year has failed despite both Labour and the LibDems backing the move.
tourism spokesperson, led an opposition debate on Wednesday afternoon calling for a pause to the scheme that is set to go live on October 1.and LibDem MSPs said they would back the Tory motion during the debate, but the joint opposition attempt was unsuccessful.READ MORE:After the deadline, it will be a criminal offence to let either a room in a home or an entire property without a licence.
“There are no caps, there is no cliff edge, there have been no refusals to date,” McLennan told the debate. Moving the motion to force a vote on the scheme, Fraser told MSPs that “no one in this debate is opposed to sensible and proportionate legislation”.He said that the vote would be the first test of the Scottish Government’s attempt to reset the relationship with business and if the approach “amounts to anything more than empty words”.
“Let me say to operators out there, loud and clear, your local authority will work with you to be able to process the application.”
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