KB-2025-002908 - [2025] EWHC 2937 (KB)

The Claimant is the local planning authority for the district of Epping Forest. By these proceedings issued under Part 8 of the Civil Procedure Rules, the Claimant applies for a final injunction pursuant to section 187B of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 [“the 1990 Act”] to restrain the Defendant, Somani Hotels Limited, from using the Bell Hotel, High Road, Bell Common, Epping, Essex [“the Bell”] to provide accommodation for asylum seekers. The Claimant’s case is that the use of the Bell for that purpose constitutes a breach of planning control. The Claimant also applies for a declaration that the use of the Bell for the purpose of providing accommodation for asylum seekers is not use of the Bell as a hotel.