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Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

Asked by Paul HolmesConservativeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 27 November 2024UIN 14997

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on what criteria she called in the planning application for the Chinese Embassy in London.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

The decision to call in these applications was made on the basis of the policy set out in the Written Ministerial Statement of 26 October 2012. In line with the Written Ministerial Statement of 26 March 2019, we do not give specific reasons for calling in planning applications.

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