Decision details

(a)      note the various stages including the outline proposal, consultation, and public report that local authorities are required to engage in prior to a decision on whether to proceed with a visitor levy;

(b)      note the absolute earliest proposed date that Aberdeen City Council could introduce a visitor levy is 01 April 2027;

(c)      note the sector’s key stakeholders (referenced in section 3.21 of this report) that have co-designed the outline proposal;

(d)      approve the Aberdeen visitor levy scheme outline proposal (A Visitor Levy for Aberdeen - Proposal for Consultation) in the Appendix hereto; and

(e)      instruct the Chief Officer - City Development and Regeneration to proceed with wider consultation and its subsequent evaluation and report back to the Finance and Resources Committee on the consultation, and seeking a decision on how to proceed, on 6 August 2025.