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Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

Asked by Kevin HollinrakeConservativeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 13 March 2025UIN 35703

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2025 to Question 24157 on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, if he will list the organisations that the Department has received correspondence from.

Answered by Catherine West

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 decision independent from the rest of Government corresponding to her quasi-judicial role. As you would expect, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has received correspondence relating to the planning application. We have no plans to release a list of the organisations, or individuals, that the FCDO has received correspondence from. The Foreign Secretary and Home Secretary's written representations to the Planning Inquiry are publicly available.

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