Rayner calls in Chipperfield’s resubmitted Chinese embassy plans

By Tom Lowe2024-10-23T11:42:00

Source: David Chipperfield Architects

Communities secretary takes control of controversial scheme

Angela Rayner has called in David Chipperfield’s plans to redevelop the former Royal Mint site in east London as the new Chinese embassy.

A decision on the controversial scheme will now be taken by the communities secretary and not the Greater London Authority, which had warned that the proposals breached elements of London planning policy in a letter to Tower Hamlets council last month.

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