Ms Niamh McGuire:

The planning requirement is that all accommodation providers will have to apply for change of use planning to change from the property being a residential property to becoming a commercial entity. The national planning statement that will be published comes from the planning and development Act, the 2024 Act as amended last year. It will be the first national planning statement that will be introduced following the implementation of that Act. That planning statement will have to be approved by Government. That will set out the unified guidance on this for all of the local authorities and all of the elements they will need to consider in making that decision in determining whether a property should be retained for short-term letting or should it be returned to the long-term market. They will determine that.