Actress Cate Blanchett has submitted plans for a stunning garden and grass driveway at her Cornish eco-home in a quiet village dubbed ‘Hollywood-on-Sea’.
Oscar winner Blanchett, 56, has put in proposals for the land around her clifftop five-bedroom property in Mawgan Porth.
The seaside village has been frequented by a host of celebrities including David Beckham, Kate Winslet, Noel Gallagher, Jason Statham and Jamie Dornan.
Blanchett built the five-bed eco-home after she gaining planning permission to knock down the £1.6m cottage she originally purchased with her playwright husband, Andrew Upton.
Following more than two years of construction, plans have now been submitted to Cornwall Council for the garden and surrounding landscape.
The couple intend to have a grass driveway supported by concrete stabilisation pavers, granite steps leading through the garden to the property and a decking area to the side of the house.
The garden will be filled with various shrubbery including the ‘mass planting’ of olearia bushes, sea thrift and ornamental grasses such as Ampelodesmos mauritanicus.
It will also feature a ‘scattering of Cornish boulders’, boundary hedges and various lights to illuminate the area.
Oscar winner Cate Blanchett, 56, has put in proposals for the land around her clifftop, five-bedroom property in Mawgan Porth
Blanchett built the five-bed eco-home after she gaining planning permission to knock down the £1.6m cottage she originally purchased with her playwright husband, Andrew Upton (Pictured: The home under construction)
Previous applications regarding the construction of their property have angered locals, who complained their picturesque area had been ‘ruined’
The pair hope to have trailing Muehlenbeckia, a deciduous shrub which can be grown as a climber or ground cover, to create ‘an evergreen curtain draping along the bank’, and place ornamental trees (Phillyrea latifolia) next to the vehicle access site.
They have also proposed a boundary hedge of new Olearia Traversii, climbers to grow over balustrading (Lonicera alseuosmoides) and Olearia Traversii to plant along their front room roof.
Previous applications regarding the construction of their property have angered locals, who complained their picturesque area had been ‘ruined’ and turned into a ‘building site’ with prices being hiked to ‘unaffordable’ levels.
One holiday home owner accused her of having a ‘total disregard’ for neighbours with the renovations.
Karen Burgess, who owns a nearby holiday let, alleged that ‘noise’ from the construction has ‘destroyed’ the holidays of her guests across the past year.
She claimed to have lost £60,000 in rental revenue due to the construction.
The demolition of the previous property on the site had to be halted initially after bat droppings were discovered.
The couple were instructed to put together a plan to help preserve the animals, with experts finding pipistrelle bats would roost in the area during the summer.
Common pipistrelle bats and brown long-eared bats are both considered to be protected species.
Any buildings containing a roost cannot be demolished without a European Protected Species licence from Natural England.
Representatives for Cate Blanchett have been contacted for comment.
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Cate Blanchett submits plans for stunning garden and grass driveway at her Cornish eco-home in ‘Hollywood on Sea’
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