Highland council rejects Stella McCartney’s mansion plan amid public outcry
Fashion designer Stella McCartney and her husband Alasdhair Willis have faced a major setback in their bid to build a £5 million modernist mansion on a remote plot in the Scottish Highlands. The Highland council has rejected their planning application after receiving more than 50 objections from local residents, environmental groups, and woodland experts. The controversial design The couple had bought the 12-acre site, known as Commando Rock, near Lochailort in 2022. They had hired Brown and Brown Architects to design an “unashamedly contemporary” house that would have a green roof, natural stone walls, and large glass windows to capture…