Lotto heiress Lisa Charters wins battle with neighbours to build £5million ... trends now
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Its ultra-modern design has divided opinion in a leafy Scots suburb.
But the construction of a £5million mansion for a family of lottery winners has been given the green light by councillors.
Lisa Charters, 33, and her husband Craig, 34, are settling down after travelling the world on the back of her parents' £33million win on the National Lottery seven years ago.
The couple, originally from Hawick, Roxburghshire, sparked complaints from residents in the capital's Morningside over plans to knock down a bungalow and replace it with a three-storey villa with views of Edinburgh Castle.
Despite 63 letters of objection, a City of Edinburgh Council committee yesterday granted the Charters planning permission.
Lisa Charters, 33, and her husband Craig, 34, sparked complaints from residents in the capital's Morningside over plans to knock down a bungalow and replace it with a three-storey villa with views of Edinburgh Castle
Councillor Euan Hyslop said: 'I can understand why there have been a number of concerns raised by neighbouring residents. But I think it is a fitting addition.
'It is modern, uncompromisingly modern, which is a good way
