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Epping Forest council makes case for appeal against use of Bell Hotel for asylum seekers

The council argues exclusive use of the Bell Hotel for asylum seekers breaches planning rules, with legal challenge citing serious public and planning concerns.

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Epping Forest District Council has launched a legal challenge to a ruling against its plan to stop asylum seekers from being housed in a local hotel. The Essex local authority wants to appeal against Mr Justice Mould's High Court decision in November not to grant an injunction blocking owners of the Epping hotel from accommodating asylum seekers.

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Epping Council launches legal challenge to ruling against plan to close asylum hotel

Epping Forest District Council is challenging a High Court ruling that rejected its attempt to prevent asylum seekers from being accommodated at a hotel

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Epping Forest council makes case for appeal against use of Bell Hotel for asylum seekers

The authority wants an injunction to block the Epping hotel - the subject of protests last summer - from accommodating asylum seekers.

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Sky News UK broke the news in United Kingdom on Thursday, March 5, 2026.
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