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As others have mentioned: keep it for sound reasons unless your ceiling height is a huge concern.
I'd square off that hole so it can be easily double-boarded in that area, otherwise the sound performance will be worse than before (a single sheet of plasterboard will transfer more sound than the old laths/plaster).
I've started stripping the paper and blown plaster out of our bedroom in prep for a plasterer to come in, but the wood chip ceiling paper is going to end me.
The bit of blown ceiling plaster I've taken back to the laths has a lot of dust and soot so I don't think I want to take the whole ceiling down.
Should I just tell the plasterer to overboard and not worry about spending the time/inhaling the dust?