Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask Her Majesty's Government for how many nights in a year a one bedroom property can be rented out on short-term lets without any application for planning permission being made.

Section 25 of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1973, as amended by section 44 of the Deregulation Act 2015 allows properties in London, which are liable for council tax, to be let out on a short-term basis for a maximum of 90 nights per calendar year without this being considered a material change of use for which planning permission is required (see section 25A of the 1973 Act). If these criteria are not met planning permission is required.