'Harry Potter' Author JK Rowling Given Permission To Build Luxury 'Hogwarts' Treehouses

JK Rowling Building Luxury 'Hogwarts' Treehouses

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has been given permission to construct huge, luxury treehouses at her home in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The writer put in a planning application to erect two-storey wooden buildings with bay windows costing $387,000 (£250,000) in the back garden of her expansive property.

Several local residents complained about the construction of the treehouses, but officials at Edinburgh City Council have given Rowling the green-light to go ahead with the project after deciding it would not have a negative effect on the conservation area.

The buildings, which reportedly look like the Hogwarts school in the wizard book series, are for the multi-millionaire's two children, David and Mackenzie, to play in.

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