Royal Mint Court 2016 planning permission was granted for the grade II-listed building to be refurbished and the site redeveloped. The site of "Royal Mint Court" comprises three buildings, two of which are original 19th century creations for the Royal Mint. The third building is an interconnecting office complex built in the late 1980s after the mint relocated to Wales. In addition to the buildings, two listed structure are also within the site's forecourt; a 19th-century entrance lodge built by Robert Smirke and a set of cast iron lamps on stone white plinths. Designed in 1805 by James Johnson, the building was constructed
Royal Mint attempt to finance the cost by selling off state-owned organisations. In a 2009 pre-budget report the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling stated that the treasury would "explore the potential benefits of alternative future models for the Royal Mint". A month later in his 2009 United Kingdom budget he recommended that the mint be made a company with a view of it being sold. The decision was met with outrage by unions and opposition parties in parliament who called it the "selling off the family silver" and that it would result in jobs losses. In contrast, the chief executive of