Council officials believe a lottery-rich couple should be allowed to build a £5m mega-mansion in Edinburgh – because it will help protect bus services.
The reason for recommending planning approval is contained in a document which will go before councillors on Wednesday.
Lisa Charters, 33, and her husband Craig, 34, are settling down after travelling the world on the back of her parents’ £33million windfall, half of the £66m won on the UK National Lottery seven years ago.