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flag Epping Forest Council lost its appeal, allowing the Bell Hotel to keep housing asylum seekers.

flag Epping Forest District Council has lost its appeal against a High Court decision allowing the Bell Hotel in Epping to continue housing asylum seekers. flag The Court of Appeal ruled the council’s appeal was “unarguable,” affirming that Judge Mould properly considered planning law and the Home Office’s legal duty to provide accommodation. flag The judges upheld that housing asylum seekers is a valid planning consideration and rejected claims the judge downplayed local concerns. flag The decision ends a prolonged legal battle, confirming the hotel’s continued use for asylum seeker accommodation despite past controversies and temporary injunctions.

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