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Cate Blanchett has scaled back her controversial home renovation plans amid complaints from her neighbours in Cornwall. The Oscar-winning actor , 55, purchased a £1.6m cottage in Mawgan Porth, near Newquay, along with her husband, the playwright Andrew Upton, in 2020.

They had arranged to transform the demolished property into a five-bedroom “eco-home”. In 2021, Blanchett and Upton bought the deed to a field adjoining the property, which the pair sought to convert into a driveway and parking area. However, the construction plans drew the ire of local residents, some of whom complained about the potential effect the disruption would have on tourism, and the potential loss of green space.



Now, Blanchett has officially withdrawn the plans to build the parking space in a letter to Cornwall Council. Per Cornwall Live , the letter provided no reason for the decision to withdraw. In a previous statement, Blanchett’s planning agent said: ““The proposed redevelopment of [the house] and its replacement was driven by the desire to make a more efficient use of this unique site, and to provide a sustainable dwelling that can be enjoyed by the applicant’s multi-generational family.

"The applicants purchased the field site separately and subsequent to the purchase of [the house] specifically to ensure that the land was not developed with housing that could potentially encroach upon the amenities of their new home, which is sat within a comparatively constrained plot area when c.

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