Let it TREE! Stella McCartney's £5million Scottish Highland mansion hit by fresh objections from tree experts

Stella McCartney’s plans for a controversial £5million Highland mansion have been met with fresh opposition from tree experts. How Ms McCartney's Highland mansion would look if planning permission is granted Highland Council's forestry team also had highlighted concerns over the project's impact on trees and mature woodland Dozens of objections have been lodged with Highland Council over the application in the name of the fashion designer's husband McCartney, 52, and her husband, Alasdhair Willis, hope to erect a secluded hideaway at Commando Rock in Glenuig But conservation group Woodland Trust Scotland said the plans have still not met with their approval. Any development that has potential for adverse ecological impacts on ancient woodland should not be supported by the council, in line with the recently updated NPF4 and the Local Development Plan, unless the applicant is able to demonstrate that loss and deterioration will be avoided.’ Stella McCartney’s plans for a controversial £5million Highland mansion have been met with fresh opposition from tree experts The application to build a modern property was lodged last year in the name of McCartney’s husband, Alasdhair Willis. Revised plans lodged by architects Brown & Brown said the house layout had been “revised” while the position updated to “avoid tree root protection areas.” McCartney has strong connections to Scotland after spending childhood holidays at High Park Farm on Mull of Kintyre, a hideaway that became the inspiration for the 1977 hit that her father wrote with Denny Laine for Wings.