DOZENS of tourism and business organisations have formally called on the SNP to drop plans to regulate Airbnb-style short-term lets amid accusations the industry is being used as a “scapegoat” for “monumental, era-defining, mistakes” on housing. Tomorrow, MSPs will vote on plans to require short-term let operators and some B&B owners to obtain a licence from their local council or face hefty fines of up to £50,000. The proposals will also give local authorities the ability to establish short-term let control zones through planning rules, despite ministers being able to veto any use of the power. But 38 industry bodies, including the Association of Scottish Self-Caterers (ASSC), the Federation of Small Businesses, NFU Scotland, the Scottish Chamber of Commerce and the UK B&B Association have penned a letter to Housing Minister Kevin Stewart, calling for the plans to be scrapped.