Locals fear 'planning creep' could lead to the field being turned into houses if horses are allowed to graze there ...

Epping Forest District Council leader Chris Whitbread, speaking outside the Royal Court of Justice in London last month [EPA/Shutterstock] A council seeking to stop an Epping hotel from housing asylum ...

Epping Forest District Council (EFDC) is taking legal action against Somani Hotels over the use of the Bell Hotel in Epping, with the Home Office intervening in the case. A High Court judge granted ...

A council in Epping, Essex, has been refused an application to appeal against a ruling allowing asylum seekers to continue to be housed at a hotel in the area. The Bell Hotel in Epping became the ...

An Epping Forest parent has become the first person in the district to win a £25,000 lottery jackpot—and is supporting their child's school. The winner, who has chosen to remain anonymous, scooped the ...

UK justice minister orders probe after Ethiopian man jailed for sexual assault is freed instead of being moved to deportation ...

Here are the latest planning applications submitted to Epping Forest District Council, featuring a range of proposals from residential ...

Charges against a woman who unfurled a Union flag from a council building during a migrant hotel protest have been dropped. Sarah White, 40, climbed the steps at the Epping Forest District Council ...

Council faces wait to discover outcome of asylum seeker hotel injunction bid - Epping Forest District Council is taking legal ...

Hadush Kebatu was sentenced to an extended prison term but, due to an administrative error in the criminal justice system, was erroneously released early from HMP Chelmsford on October 22.

Epping Forest District Council is taking legal action against Somani Hotels, which owns the Bell Hotel in Epping, and the ...