ASSC Open Surgery – Legal and Policy Reform Update 17th December 2025

You are warmly invited to join our next ASSC Open Surgery on Wednesday 17th December at 6:00pm, where we will provide an important update on the ASSC’s ongoing legal, policy, and advocacy workstreams.

This Open Surgery will cover the following key topics:

• King’s Counsel Opinion – Update on the legal opinion to assess potential breaches of Article 1, Protocol 1 (A1P1) of the European Convention on Human Rights, and next steps in defending operators’ property rights.
• Rewording of MC13 – Discussion on proposed refinements to MC13 to improve clarity, consistency, and fairness in how Material Change of Use is interpreted and applied across Scotland.
• Guidance to Ameliorate Planning and Licensing – Exploration of practical policy and guidance proposals to reduce duplication, improve consistency, and promote lawful, proportionate enforcement.
• Visitor Levy Reform – Update on the new Visitor Levy (Amendment)(Scotland) Bill
• Non-Domestic Rates (NDR) 2026 Revaluation.

As always, this Open Surgery is an opportunity for open dialogue, collective problem-solving, and direct engagement on the issues that matter most to our community. Your participation and insights remain vital as we work together to ensure proportionate, evidence-based regulation for Scotland’s self-catering sector.

Please register in advance to attend.

Thank you, as always, for your continued support and engagement. Together, we are making tangible progress toward fairer, more consistent, and more sustainable policy for the self-catering sector.

Additional Information:

• To ask your questions ahead of the event, please go to vevox.app and put in session ID 192-412-314. From there click on the speech bubble to the right of the home icon and type your question. Any problems, please email communications@assc.co.uk
• The Zoom link to join will be in your ticket confirmation email and all subsequent reminder emails
• The webinar will be recorded and available by request (communications@assc.co.uk)

With Special Thanks to our Talks Sponsors:

And ASSC Partners for Business