A family of lottery winners had cause for further celebration after councillors gave them the green light to build a £5million mega mansion. Lisa Charters, 33, and her husband Craig, 34, now have the go-ahead for their luxury villa, which will have uninterrupted views of Edinburgh Castle.
The couple are now settling down after travelling the world on the back of Lisa's parents’ £33 million windfall - half of the £66million won on the UK National Lottery seven years ago. The couple, originally from Hawick in Roxburghshire, infuriated neighbours in plush Morningside over plans to knock down a humble bungalow and replace it with a three-storey ‘Grand Designs’ villa.
Despite 63 letters of objection, a City of Edinburgh Council committee yesterday granted the Charters planning permission after councillors paid a visit to the site in the south of the capital.
