{"id":427225,"date":"2025-09-15T21:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T21:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/427225\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T21:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T21:22:10","slug":"glasgow-homeowner-ordered-to-stop-using-property-as-short-term-let","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/427225\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasgow homeowner ordered to stop using property as short-term let\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Possilpark homeowner must stop using his property as short-stay accommodation after an appeal failed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Glasgow City Council served an enforcement notice on Gbenga Bibilari\u2019s flat at 161 Auckland Street in May after public complaints.<\/p>\n

Officials said the use of the flat as a short-term let was unauthorised and must stop.<\/p>\n

Two planning applications had been rejected due to the \u201cunacceptable\u201d impact of the use on other residents in the building.<\/p>\n

One refusal letter said there had been \u201cincidents of anti-social behaviour and late-night noise and disturbance from tenants of the unauthorised short-stay flatted dwelling\u201d.<\/p>\n

Mr Bibilari appealed to the Scottish Government, but a reporter appointed by ministers upheld the enforcement notice last week. He can choose to appeal the ruling at the Court of Session.<\/p>\n

The flat owner said there had been a tenant on a long-term contract since October 2023.<\/p>\n

However, he admitted short-stay bookings have been allowed when the tenant is out of the UK.<\/p>\n

Mr Bibilari also suggested there had been issues with the council\u2019s handling of his application, and he hadn\u2019t been made aware of the planning refusal.<\/p>\n

The appeal continued: \u201cWe have operated the property without any negative impact whatsoever on the neighbours of the environment.\u201d.<\/p>\n

He said the home does not share an entrance or bins with other properties and there has never been anti-social behaviour.<\/p>\n

In response, a council official said the enforcement notice had been served \u201cfollowing various public complaints and subsequent to two planning refusals\u201d.<\/p>\n

They added planning policy states proposals for \u201cthe reuse of existing buildings for short-term holiday letting will not be supported where the proposal will result in\u2026 an unacceptable impact on local amenity\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe use of a flat as short-stay accommodation\u2026 has the potential to result in conflict with mainstream residential flats in a block through regular influx of temporary residents as well as increased pressure on infrastructure and shared space.\u201d<\/p>\n

The council official also said there had been \u201cattempts to contact the owner\/occupier of the property in an effort to resolve this breach of planning control informally\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis correspondence has been unsuccessful and therefore it is considered that enforcement action is expedient and necessary to cease the use of the property as short-term letting accommodation,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n

The reporter, Andrew Fleming, found there had been a breach of planning control over the use of the two-storey \u2018four-in-a-block residential building, which he said has its own main door entrance but shares an access path with other homes.<\/p>\n

He reported: \u201cThe frequent arrival and departure of guests, the associated cleaning and servicing that would be necessary as a result, as well as the more frequent movements and activity, later in the evenings, differ from a typical domestic use.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Fleming said the applicant does not have \u201ccomplete control over the behaviour of guests and cannot prevent noise and disturbance from occurring\u201d as he doesn\u2019t live at the property.<\/p>\n

He added that Mr Bibilari claimed there had been no complaints about the short-stay use, but the council has received complaints. The reporter found a \u201csignificant variation from normal residential activity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Fleming also stated the applicant had provided \u201cno indication\u201d as to why he believed the one-month compliance period with the enforcement notice was \u201cnot reasonable\u201d.<\/p>\n

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