Met Police withdraws objection to Chipperfield’s Chinese ‘super-embassy’ after reviewing three-year-old evidence

Chinese embassy 2025

Force had opposed David Chipperfield-designed plan to redevelop former Royal Mint site as late as last month

The Metropolitan Police has withdrawn its objection to plans to build a new Chinese embassy in London after seeing research first submitted to the local council three years ago.

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