Cate Blanchett halts plans to renovate £5 million house as it is found to be favourite nesting spot for rare bat
Bats halt Cate Blanchett's renovation plan for £5m home Bat droppings were found in a building she hoped to demolish and rebuild 23 December 2020 • 2:45pm Hollywood star Cate Blanchett's Sussex property was found to be home also to the rare brown long-eared bat Credit: Ian West/PA Wire Cate Blanchett has been forced to halt plans to renovate her £5 million mansion as the building she hoped to demolish has been found to be the favourite roost of a rare bat. The actress, 51, and her husband Andrew Upton, 54, applied to Wealden council, asking if they could knock down a shed and a ...