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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan will not use his legal powers to determine whether David Chipperfield Architects鈥� proposals for a new Chinese Embassy in east London can proceed, the Greater London Authority has said.

Members of Tower Hamlets Council鈥檚 Strategic Development Committee , earmarked for the former Royal Mint site at Wapping, at a meeting in December.

Officers had , north-east of Tower Bridge, as well-designed, and said they would 鈥渄eliver a high quality, well integrated, inclusive and sustainable place鈥�.

But councillors voted against the project by five votes to three, citing security and safety concerns.

Fears were also raised over the risk of a repeat of the incident at the Chinese Consulate in Manchester in October, when a protestor suffered injuries after being allegedly dragged inside the compound and assaulted by embassy staff.

Tower Hamlets Council referred its 鈥渕inded-to-refuse鈥� resolution to the London mayor, who could have used his planning powers to determine the application for himself. However a letter from City Hall has now confirmed that he will not do so.

An accompanying report from the GLA said: 鈥淗aving regard to the details of the application, the matters set out in the committee report and Tower Hamlets Council鈥檚 draft decision notice there are no sound planning reasons for the mayor to intervene in this particular case and therefore no basis to issue a direction under Article 7 of the [Mayor of London] Order 2008.鈥�

In addition to safety and security concerns, Tower Hamlets鈥� draft decision notice on the application cites adverse impacts on heritage 鈥� including the Tower of London World Heritage Site, tourism, and increased congestion.

The GLA report noted that government heritage adviser Historic England and Tower of London operator Historic Royal Palaces did not oppose the proposals.

Tower Hamlets has yet to issue a formal decision notice to the embassy development team, which will have a window to appeal the decision.

Chipperfield鈥檚 plans include the refurbishment of the grade II* Johnson Smirke 好色先生TV, by James Johnson and British Museum architect Robert Smirke, to serve as the main embassy building.

Two 1980s buildings on site would be stripped back to their superstructure and redeveloped to provide 225 flats for embassy staff and a 鈥淐ultural Exchange鈥� building that would be used for embassy events and visa-processing.

Chipperfield鈥檚 proposals also included the partial demolition and remodelling of the grade II Seamans Registry building, designed by Johnson, and completed in 1805. It would deliver ancillary office space for the embassy.

China bought the former Royal Mint site in 2018 with the intention of relocating its embassy from Portland Place.