Edinburgh’s Christmas festival has been denied permission to expand its footprint for this year’s event over concerns about damage in Princes Street Gardens.

Festival organisers Unique Assembly had hoped to add eight new market stalls and two new attractions in the eastern part of the gardens.

But councillors voted on Wednesday to side with a recommendation by council officers the expansion would have an ‘adverse impact’ on the landscape and the area.

The prominent attractions the festival runs – including the ferris wheel – will still run, with the Christmas market keeping the same number of stalls it had over last winter.

And the Santa’s Stories event is still set to move to Princes Street Gardens West, next to the funfair, after previously being held in St Andrew Square.

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