Court of appeal revokes ban on Epping hotel housing asylum seekers

Home Office had argued that interim injunction for breach of planning was being used to stop protests

A ban on housing asylum seekers in an Essex hotel that has been the target of far-right protests has been overturned.

The court of appeal decided on Friday to revoke an interim injunction granted to Epping Forest district council after the authority claimed the Bell hotel had breached planning rules by housing asylum seekers.