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Ending a Tenancy (Scotland)

This article will take you through the workflow to end a tenancy in Scotland, covering Scotland's Grounds list, compliance checks, the Section 11 council notice, and the Tribunal outcome.

Written by Hannah Sullivan

Ending a Tenancy (Scotland)

To end a tenancy head to the tenancy page and click the Manage dropdown in the top right, and select End Tenancy.

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You'll be asked for the date notice was received and whether it was given by the landlord or the tenant, then taken through to the Notice to Leave page - Street's Scotland-specific document, and the equivalent of Form 3A used for English tenancies.

Step 1 - Grounds for Removal

Select the relevant ground(s) from the dropdown. Street uses Scotland's own Grounds list here, separate from the Housing Act 1988 grounds used for English tenancies. You can add multiple grounds using Add a Ground.

Note - Each ground you select shows its own notice period next to it, ranging from 4 to 12 weeks depending on the ground chosen.

Step 2 - Compliance Checks

You'll need to confirm the standard compliance documents are in place - EICR, EPC, gas safety (where applicable) and deposit protection.
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For Scottish tenancies, you'll also see extra compliance checkboxes that don't appear on the England or Wales screens.
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Note - The Serve button stays disabled until every compliance box on this screen has been ticked.

If you try to serve notice without adding the required safety certificates, Street will show a warning and ask you to tick a box confirming all checks are complete before you can proceed.

Section 11 - Notifying the Council

An extra card labelled Section 11 appears for Scottish tenancy notices. This is where you record that you've notified the local council under Section 11 of the Homelessness etc. (Scotland) Act 2003, which applies to certain grounds for removal.
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Step 3 - Notice Generation

Generate the Notice to Leave document from your templates, or upload an external copy, then use Serve by Email to send it to the tenant.

Outcome

Once served, use the Outcome card to record what happens next. For Scottish tenancies, the outcome option is labelled Tribunal rather than Contested - reflecting that disputed cases in Scotland go to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Housing and Property Chamber) rather than through the courts.

Marking a Scottish tenancy notice as Tenant Contested stops it from auto-ending when the end date lapses, keeping it active until the contest is withdrawn (Undo, reverting to Served) or the process is cancelled. Street doesn't handle the eviction itself - a contested Notice to Leave requires an application to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Housing and Property Chamber) for an eviction order before the tenancy can end. Once granted and the tenant has moved out, the Move Out record can be created from the tenancy notice page as normal.

Move Out

After the notice is served you can create a Move Out record directly from the tenancy notice page, the same as for English tenancies. For more information, see our Tenancy Move Out Process article.

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