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Letting out a hut on airbnb or similar?

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Hey,

I own a plot with a hut on it, very remote.

Wondering what the legality is of ocassionally renting out our hut on Airbnb?

Is this against the planning regs? If so why? Is there any way around it?

Struggling financially so wondering if we have any options here. Wouldnt be year round, just the ocassinal booking.

If it is agaisnt regs, who is checking? How would they know?

Thanks!

9 comments

9 Comments

1000huts

Jul 31

There's nothing illegal in itself about renting out a hut. What could get you into trouble would be if you had built it under the huts category in planning, which requires that the hut be for recreational use (i.e. by you, the owner) rather than commercial. Not all huts are built under this regulation though. If it was, the planning authorities might not know or care about a small amount of letting out, but if it became its main use and/or someone made a complaint they might take an interest.

1000huts

Aug 08

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No, you can't apply under hutting regulations if it's for commercial use, because then it doesn't meet the definition of a hut. What I meant is that not all small wooden buildings have been built under hutting regulations, so if you don't already know it would be worth finding out which regulations yours was built under.