Council officers will write to festival operators after a Fringe venue started construction without getting planning permission.

The Famous Spiegeltent , in St Andrew Square, only won planning permission in early August, some 37 days after construction began.

While it is legal to start construction without planning permission, some city councillors and community groups felt the firm had acted carelessly in filing it so late.

Concerns were also raised about tree protection in the square, with council officers scrambling to remedy issues with the company before construction began.

At a meeting of the full Edinburgh Council on Thursday, Green councillor Ben Parker brought forward a motion saying that the operators of the venue had operated with ‘contempt’.

Cllr Parker told the counci

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