Residents living next to China’s proposed “mega” embassy in London have taken their first formal step in pursuit of a judicial review of the UK government’s approval for the diplomatic complex.
Residents of Royal Mint Court have written to the UK government legal department on Thursday night, issuing a pre-application letter setting out grounds for the embassy to be reviewed by a judge.
In 2018 when the Chinese government bought 5.4 acres on the site of the former Royal Mint, the purchase included the freehold to about 100 flats across four residential blocks at the edge of the plot. These residential buildings lie outside the proposed perimeter for the embassy, which is set to become Beijing’s largest diplomatic mission in Europe.
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