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Forest District Council

since 2025 › Jul › 24 (Thu) @ 20:27 UTC

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10 days ago

More migrant woe for Shabana Mahmood as Epping council vows to continue fight against Bell Hotel

found 2025 › Nov › 26 (Wed) @ 11:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Epping Forest District Council lost a High Court bid to have the Bell Hotel closed - but now councillors have agreed to attempt a further challenge in the Court of Appeal.

Council says it will continue legal bid to close asylum hotel in Epping

found 2025 › Nov › 26 (Wed) @ 10:25 UTC

a story from BBC ✅ › BBC News

Epping Forest District Council will continue legal action and appeal against a High Court decision.

25 days ago

Asylum seekers can continue being housed in Bell Hotel after Epping council fails in bid to block them living there ⊖

found 2025 › Nov › 11 (Tue) @ 12:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Epping Forest District Council took legal action against Somani Hotels over the use of the Bell Hotel, which is home to dozens of male migrants.

50 days ago

Judge to decide 'at a later date' whether asylum seekers can stay at a migrant hotel in Essex after three-day hearing concludes

found 2025 › Oct › 17 (Fri) @ 17:30 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Epping Forest District Council (EFDC) is taking legal action against Somani Hotels, owner of the Bell Hotel in Epping, claiming accommodating asylum seekers breaches planning rules.

52 days ago

Shabana Mahmood accused of 'siding against local people' in Epping migrant row, as council launches new legal challenge to close down asylum hotel

found 2025 › Oct › 15 (Wed) @ 12:05 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Epping Forest District Council's High Court challenge claims accommodating asylum seekers at the Bell Hotel is a 'serious, flagrant and continuing' breach of planning laws.

Epping Council make last-ditch High Court bid to stop asylum seekers being housed at hotel

found 2025 › Oct › 15 (Wed) @ 06:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Epping Forest District Council is taking legal action against Somani Hotels over the use of the Bell Hotel, with the Home Office intervening in the case.

3 months ago

New twist in battle over Epping Forest migrant hotel as council bids to take case to Supreme Court to ban refugees from being housed there

found 2025 › Sep › 02 (Tue) @ 11:45 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Epping Forest District Council is seeking to take its case to the Supreme Court as the authority fights to shutdown The Bell Hotel.

Government launches urgent bid to find 5,000 homes for 20,000 asylum seekers - as councils prepare to fight against migrant hotels after shock Epping court ruling

found 2025 › Aug › 21 (Thu) @ 07:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

Epping Forest District Council was granted a temporary injunction to shut down the hotel by the High Court over alleged planning breaches.

This hotel crisis is Labour's wake-up call. But will they heed it?: ALAN MENDOZA

found 2025 › Aug › 21 (Thu) @ 03:25 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail

As a local councillor, I have no doubt that Epping Forest District Council's extraordinary victory in the High Court on Tuesday will inspire a flood of copycat legal actions.

4 months ago

Council votes to urge government to shut asylum hotel

found 2025 › Jul › 24 (Thu) @ 20:10 UTC

a story from BBC ✅ › BBC News

Epping Forest District Council votes unanimously to push for the closure of the Bell Hotel after protests.

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