The case has been settled in court(Image: PA Wire)

Epping Bell Hotel can continue to house asylum seekers as council loses battle

Council officials took legal action against Somani Hotels, which owns the Bell Hotel, claiming that accommodating asylum seekers there breaches strict planning rules

by · The Mirror

Asylum seekers can continue to be housed in the Bell Hotel in Essex after Epping Forest District Council failed to secure a High Court injunction that would block them from living there.

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