CATE Blanchett has withdrawn the latest plans for her controversial eco-home at Mawgan Porth after angry neighbours accused her of a 'land grab.'

The Lord of the Rings star, 54, and her playwright husband Andrew Upton, 57, bought the £1.6-million cottage and has since demolished the original structure to replace it with a five-bedroom eco-home.

But the ongoing renovations have angered her neighbours with the noise reportedly making the residents lives hell - with some complaints it had been turning visitors away from the popular tourism beauty spot.

She had bought a neighbouring plot of and applied for permission to turn it into a new access and parking area for four cars.

The proposal was met with anger by locals in the sleepy Cornish village who feared it was being transformed into a 'Hollywood-on-sea' location.

They were accused in official objections of a "blatant land grab" by wanting to stop another home being built next door, while also being accused of 'total disregard' during construction - with claims it has 'destroyed holidays' and cost a neighbour £60,000.

Cornwall Council's planning portal has now confirmed the application for 'change of use' of the field has been withdrawn although no reason for the withdrawal has been made public.

Among those objecting to the latest scheme was holiday let owner Karen Burgess who accused the celebrity couple of having a "total disregard" for their neighbours during the lengthy build process.

Ms Burgess said: "I am deeply concerned that there has already been a total disregard for the noise that has destroyed the family holidays of all my guests.

"The losses are more than £60,000 last year and still we are having to advertise as a property effected by building noise. We thought [Blanchett's property] work was finally over and now there is a new application for ground works. This work should NOT be permitted during the holiday season.

"Never before in the bay, have we ever experienced such a blatant disregard for the people who flock here for their holidays and residents' enjoyment of the area during the holiday season.

"My property is one of many holiday properties and hotels in the bay. I expect the council to severely restrict the days in which this work can take place, if indeed it is ever approved."

Another neighbour Helen John also accused the celebrity couple of a "blatant" land grab with regards to the additional land purchase.

She wrote: "This current application is a blatant attempt to erode an environmentally important piece of land by stealth and incorporate it.

"It is one thing to allow temporary access and quite another to allow this to become a permanent scar on the landscape."

Planning agents for the applicant had previously said the loss of green space was "minimal" and said its client intends to maintain the rest of the meadow - around 86 per cent of it.

It said the new access was also "vital for the property."

They said: "The proposed parking area would be tucked into the edge of the site and would not encroach into the open area of the meadow.

"The rising ground of the meadow is not affected in any way by the proposals, and it is only the higher areas of the meadow that are seen from other properties and public roads - not the level area of the proposals."

Blanchett was also recently given the go-ahead to build 90 solar panels to power her £5m mansion in East Sussex.

The couple wanted to install a solar panel array and extend the plant room in the 13-acre grounds of 'haunted' Highwell House.

Blanchett bought the home in 2015 after it had been abandoned for more than a decade after once being home to Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Doctor Who actor Tom Baker.

It has since undergone major refurbishment. Her plans to build an outdoor pool were approved in March last year while in 2021 she was also given the go-ahead to build a home office/studio and gallery in the garden.