Question follow-through · 17563
Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how the planning application for the proposed Chinese Embassy near the Tower of London differs from the previous planning application for the Embassy turned down by the London Bo
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 3 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 5 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 18 Dec 2024 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
3 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how the planning application for the proposed Chinese Embassy near the Tower of London differs from the previous planning application for the Embassy turned down by the London Bo
5 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Dec 2024
Answer published
The application in question is identical to the application submitted for the proposed scheme in June 2021. It was refused (against officer recommendation) in February 2023. The applicant chose not to appeal that decision.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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