Written questions

Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

Commons · Question 29075 · Tabled 5 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 14 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by David Simmonds

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions the Government had with the Chinese Government in 2020 on the works to the Chinese Consulate in Belfast in breach of planning controls in a conservation area

Answer

Answered by Catherine West, 14 Feb 2025

An appointed independent Planning Inspector will hold a public inquiry into the proposal for the new Chinese Embassy in London, after which the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government will make a decision on planni...