Edinburgh Council has defended its new rules for short-term lets, telling a court they "meet the test of lawfulness”.
The council's defence of its licensing scheme was heard as part of a judicial review lodged by a group of accommodation providers who have railed against the policy.
And a lawyer representing the council insisted that concerns of 'risk' over the requirement for a licence to be renewed every year were not unique to the policy, and said applying for a licence would be an “interactive process” between the council and operators.
