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.
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.
The Home Office and Somani Hotels, which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, today successfully overturned a High Court ruling ordering them to remove all 138 residents.