Opinions in a shady neighborhood of Scotland are split over its ultra-modern appearance.
However, council members have approved the building of a £5 million house for a family of lottery winners.
After traveling the globe thanks to her parents’ £33 million lottery prize seven years ago, Lisa Charters, 33, and her husband Craig, 34, are relocating.
The pair, who are from Hawick, Roxburghshire, drew protests from locals in the Morningside neighborhood of the city over plans to demolish a cottage and replace it with a three-story home with views of Edinburgh Castle.
A City of Edinburgh Council committee yesterday approved the Charters’ request for planning approval in spite of 63 letters of opposition.
“I can appreciate why there have been a lot of concerns voiced by neighborhood people,” said councillor Euan Hyslop. But in my opinion, it is a good addition.
It is contemporary, to say it bluntly, which is a fantastic way to express it. But in my opinion, it is a pretty intriguing architectural application. I doubt it will much affect amenity.
The application is welcome, and I will support it.
The development management subcommittee’s chairman, Hal Osler, said: “This has been a very intriguing application. It was pretty difficult for us to understand.
It is a new construction, and they want to “go ahead” and be sustainable. I do respect the candidates for bringing this up since it is so difficult.
“I hope they are able to construct it and enjoy their time there.” I for one will be in favor of it.
Following a planning controversy the previous year, The Charters’ first designs were created, which reduced the building’s height by 5 feet and moved it a little bit away from a neighbor’s land.
However, some protesters took offense when council planning officials suggested that the prospective use of public transportation was part of their argument for supporting the project’s approval.
According to the paper, it takes around eight minutes to walk to Pentland Terrace, where you can access Lothian Bus route 15 and the city center.
‘The Lothian Service number 11 provides a 13-minute bus ride or a 16-minute walk to the neighborhood center on Comiston Road.
“The on-site residential usage will continue to fund these neighborhood services,”
Are they really saying lottery winners will take the bus into town? a neighbor questioned.
People with that type of money won’t be sitting in a drafty bus shelter on Lothian Road; they’ll be zipping around the city in a Ferrari.
It is a farce to suggest that multimillionaires would fund regional bus services.
Richard Murphy, an architect from Edinburgh, expressed his happiness that the committee had unanimously approved this.
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