A MEGA-rich Lotto pair’s plans for a Hollywood-style city mansion have attracted almost 50 objections, we can reveal.
Lisa Charters and hubby Craig, both 33, want to demolish a modest bungalow and replace it with a new £5million villa with views of Edinburgh Castle.
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But architects’ designs for the “spectacular” development have not gone down well with many of their neighbours in one of the capital’s poshest districts.
Dozens have reacted negatively to an application submitted by the couple — who have shared in a £33million Lottery jackpot won by Lisa’s parents.
Details published on the city council’s planning portal reveal there were 63 public comments submitted within 21 days.
Of those, 48 were objections and 15 comments of support.
Only 15 consultations were made. The consultations appear to have been made to people who live in nearby properties.
Lisa and Craig snapped up the three-bedroom single-storey pad last year by paying £200,000 over the £670,000 asking price.
They want to knock it down and replace it with an architect- designed modernist home.
It would include a zinc exterior, five glass-fronted bedrooms and a driveway rising from the garden.
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Their planning agents said the building would make a “significant statement”.
A source said: “This is a pretty significant and ambitious development.
“Neighbours have been notified of the plans and they have a right to have their views.”
Details of why people object to the plans will not be revealed until after a decision has been made later this month.
Lisa, of Hawick, Roxburghshire, announced her engagement to Craig in 2017 on a beach in the Bahamas.
Her parents David and Carol Martin, both 60, scooped their massive lotto prize in 2016.
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