Spots spots! Movie star Ewan McGregor’s new bid to renew the water-damaged Scottish mansion of 2 million. GBP

He recently returned home to Scotland after admitting he ‘missed the smell of rain’.

Now Ewan McGregor has been forced to lodge retrospective plans to revamp his ‘water-damaged’ £2million Scottish home and install CCTV cameras.

The Trainspotting and Star Wars actor came under fire earlier this year after he was accused of carrying out ‘unauthorised’ works at the 18th century C-listed mansion near Perth.

The enforcement details on Perth and Kinross Council’s planning website yesterday went on to say the outcome of that investigation was “awaiting consideration”.

The 53-year-old actor has now submitted a formal proposal for a series of renovations, which the application states have already been completed.

Ewan McGregor bought the £2m mansion last May

This includes installing CCTV cameras, roof repairs and refurbishing parts of the property’s vast interior.

The reason given by agents McKenzie Strickland Associates for the work being completed before the application was submitted was that it was “carried out prior to the applicant’s occupancy”.

The agents state: ‘Our clients purchased the property in May 2023. It was clear that the previous owners had not furnished the property for some time.

‘The paintwork was generally yellow, and wallpaper was peeling off in several places due to water damage from blocked gutters etc.

Therefore, most of the work done at the house was decorative, including painting, wallpapering and sanding the floors.’

Land Registry documents show the Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner bought the mansion in the Carse of Gowrie area last May for £200,000 over the asking price.

Since then, McGregor has been granted permission by the council to build a replacement garage and create a new bedroom and bathroom.

The ten-bedroom property is set in more than 18 acres of land and gardens, just a 35-minute drive from where he grew up in Crieff.

The actor – whose latest film role sees him play Count Rostov in A Gentleman in Moscow alongside his wife Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Anna Urbanova – spoke last month of his delight at moving back to Scotland and told Architectural Digest magazine how he had felt a ‘drag’ to come home when he reached his fifties.

McGregor added: ‘I never saw it coming, it’s weird.

‘You just get to an age where it’s time to go home.’

According to Perth and Kinross Council’s website, listed building consent is “required for any internal or external alteration, extension or demolition of a listed building which would affect its character as a building or structure of architectural or historic interest”.

It adds: ‘It is an offense to carry out works on a listed building without consent.’

Offenders can be fined up to £50,000 for failing to comply with an enforcement notice.