Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 62524

Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

Tabled: 25 June 2025

Answered: 30 June 2025

Named Day

Question

Sir Iain Duncan Smith

Conservative — Chingford and Woodford Green

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

Catherine West

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...

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