Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission
Commons · Question 62524 · Tabled 25 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Sir Iain Duncan Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions officials have had with Chinese officials on the application to develop Royal Mint Court into a new Chinese embassy.
Answer
Answered by Catherine West, 30 Jun 2025
The planning application has been called in by the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and Ministers in MHCLG will make this decision independent from the rest of Government in their quasi-judicial capa...