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Dear Mr Jon Cooper

Thank you for your request for information received on 04 August 2009. I
can confirm that this is being dealt with in accordance with the Freedom
of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. As such the request must be dealt
with within 20 working days and provided in a format of your choice.

A response to your request for information will be sent to you promptly;
and in any event not later than 01 September 2009.

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Yours sincerely

Mark Francis
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Freedom of Information, Level 1 Chesser House, 500 Gorgie Road, Edinburgh.
EH11 3YJ. Tel: 0131 200 2340. Fax: 0131 200 2341. Email:
[Edinburgh Council request email]

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Dear Mr Cooper

Please find attached response in relation to Request for Information -
52861.

Julie Kelly
Administration Manager

Julie Kelly I Administration Manager I Culture and sport I Corporate
Services I C.1 Waverley Court I 4 East Market Street I Edinburgh I EH8 8BG
I Tel 0131 529 6715

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Good morning.

With apologies for the lateness of my response, I refer to the FOI request
submitted by you in August, which was due for response early last month.

You wanted to know what fee (if any) was paid by Unique Events for the
licence to run the five Grassmarkets over the summer, 2009. You also
wanted to know if there had been any objections made to the markets on the
grounds of noise (from live music in particular) or any subsequent
complaints from residents.

I would confirm that, the application for the annual Market Operator's
licence for the Grassmarket was made by the Council, with a request for a
waiver of fee being made at the same time. The fee waiver was approved by
the Licensing Sub-Committee on 3rd April 2009, with the licence being
granted on 1st May 2009.

There have been no objections or representations from the public in
respect of the application when it was lodged, nor any correspondence
since the licence was granted.

It is suggested that as the Council's Events Department had some
involvement in the setting up on the market at the Grassmarket, Norman
Ireland (Special Projects Manager) or Jane Bremner (Senior Events
Officer) in the Events Department might be able to shed further light on
this matter if required.

Hope this assists in the meantime - and apologies again for the belated
response!

Kind regards,

Nick

Nick Fraser
Senior Solicitor (Licensing)
City of Edinburgh Council
City Chambers
249 High Street
Edinburgh

telephone 0131 529 4424

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