Written questions

Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

Lords · Question HL11313 · Tabled 24 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 6 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Harper

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 23 October (HL Deb col 945), whether the potential security threat posed by the proposed location of the Chinese Embassy is a material planning consideration; and w

Answer

Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, 6 Nov 2025

The full reasons for the decision will be set out in the final decision letter. All inquiry documents for this case are publicly available on Tower Hamlets website here . Post-inquiry representations will be listed in the decision letter and will be avail...