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The fashion designer and her husband have been criticised over their plans for a secluded hideaway at Commando Rock near Glenuig on the Moidart peninsula

Woodland experts have objected to Stella McCartneys plans to build a £5million modern mansion on a remote Highland plot, saying it would have an adverse effect on existing trees.

Stella McCartney has suffered a fresh blow to plans for a modernist £5 million bolthole on a secluded plot in the Scottish Highlands after the woman who sold her the land objected to the “shocking” design.

Fashion designer’s £5 million project would have a ‘needless impact on sensitive ecology and landscape’, the site’s previous owner claims

Ms McCartney and her husband Alasdhair Willis bought the plot of land on the rugged coastline of remote island Commando Rock at Glenuig, which was on the market for £450,000.

Fashion designer's plans for secluded spot are ‘shocking’ and will impact area’s wildlife, say complainants

Its critics have dismissed it as a “carbuncle” of concrete and steel, but a Highland hideaway planned by Stella McCartney is really a contemporary masterpiece and the victim of a concerted campaign

The Glasgow-based studio's proposal, jointly designed with landscape architect Dan Pearson, features a ‘modest’ single-storey private house on a remote

The Scottish practice has written to Highland Council, which will be considering the scheme’s planning application, insisting claims about potential

Pop star Rita Ora enjoys a holiday in the Highlands while designer Stella McCartney has more permanent plans but faces opposition