Question follow-through · 27359

Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish any correspondence between her Department and the (a) Planning Inspectorate and (b) Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government in relation to the application to build a

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
29 Jan 2025
Target answer date
3 Feb 2025
Answer
3 Feb 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish any correspondence between her Department and the (a) Planning Inspectorate and (b) Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government in relation to the application to build a

  2. 3 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    The planning application has been called in by the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and she will make this quasi-judicial decision independent from the rest of Government.The Foreign Secretary and Home Secre...

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