The owner of an Essex hotel that has become a flashpoint for controversy over asylum seekers is set to challenge a High Court ruling on the matter on Thursday.
Somani Hotels Limited owns the Bell Hotel in Epping, which houses a number of asylum seekers and has seen multiple protests in recent weeks.
On 19 August, the High Court handed down a ruling ordering the hotel to stop accommodating asylum seekers at the site by 12 September.
It followed Epping Forest District Council asking a judge to grant a temporary injunction, claiming that the company had breached planning rules.
The council argued that the hotel had become a âfeeding ground for unrestâ after the series of violent protests resulted in multiple arrests and saw police officers injured.
Home secretary Yvette Cooper made a last-minute attempt to halt the asylum-seekersâ removal, arguing that other councils would make similar applications for migrant accommodation in their areas.

Dismissing Ms Cooperâs bid and granting the injunction, Mr Justice Eyre said that the council had not âdefinitively establishedâ that Somani Hotels had breached planning rules.
However, âthe strength of the claimantâs case is such that it weighs in favourâ of granting the injunction, he said.
Court listings show that Somani Hotels will have its bid to appeal against the ruling heard on Thursday at the Court of Appeal.
The listing also states that the Home Office is seeking to appeal against the ruling at the same hearing, as well as challenge Mr Justice Eyreâs decision not to allow the department to intervene in the case.
The Bell Hotel has been the focal point of several protests and counter-protests in recent weeks, after a resident was charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl.
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp earlier described the High Court ruling as âa moment of relief for the people of Eppingâ, while Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said it was âa victory for the mums and dadsâ in the local area, âwho just want their children to be safeâ.
Edward Brown KC, for the Home Office, said that âshortage of asylum accommodation is acuteâ and warned that âthere could be similar applications made elsewhere, aggravating the pressures on the asylum estateâ.