Taylor Swift And Travis Kelce Overcome Another Ohio Mansion Hurdle As Landscaping Plans Get Green Light

Taylor and Travis win major battle over Ohio mansion© Getty via AFP

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have cleared another hurdle at their Ohio home. The Architectural Review Board in Bratenahl approved the couple's landscaping plans on Tuesday, despite objections from a few neighbors who worried about local wildlife. Others at the meeting spoke in favor of the couple and urged the community to welcome them. Swift and Kelce did not attend, but their property and project managers did. Page Six reported on the session, which centered on the $5.35 million lakefront property. The approval follows a similar win last month over the couple's fence.

Bratenahl board approves Swift and Kelce landscaping plans

The meeting took place at the Bratenahl Community Center, where the local Architectural Review Board listened to residents on both sides. Several neighbors objected to the plans, including 10-foot shrubs planned outside the property. Swift and Kelce have taken multiple steps to cover the perimeter for privacy, and that seems to have bothered some people nearby.

Lucy Weller was among the critics. She told Page Six, “I don't think this landscape does anything to provide for any of the wildlife.”

Another resident argued with the decision to approve the plans and said they would disrupt a “forest.” The board approved them anyway. The comments show how much the habitat concern weighed on some residents.

The board's decision settles the landscaping question for now. The couple's team can now move ahead with the work.

Supportive neighbors made their case too

Not everyone in the room felt that way.

Many residents backed the couple, and Vasiliki Diamantis was one of the clearest voices. She said, “We should feel privileged that these people chose this location for their residence and instead we are arguing over landscape and privacy as opposed to coming together as a community and looking at it as, ‘Wow, they chose Bratenahl, because Bratenahl is a special place.”

That split was clear throughout the meeting. One group is thinking about trees and animals. The other sees a famous couple who chose Bratenahl and wants them welcomed like any other new owners.

This was not the first neighbor dispute. Last month, the board approved a “revised 6-foot fence” for the couple's new home, another privacy matter that went in their favor. Two approvals in a row point to a board that is willing to hear the couple's side on privacy requests, even when neighbors push back. Whether the objections lead to more complaints is unclear.