The Home Office will seek to appeal against the High Court’s refusal to allow it to intervene in the case of a hotel used to house asylum seekers in Epping, security minister Dan Jarvis has confirmed.

Epping Forest District Council were successful in their bid for an interim injunction to stop migrants from being housed at the Bell Hotel on Tuesday.

The successful injunction meant that the hotel’s owner, Somani Hotels Limited, had to stop housing asylum seekers there within 14 days of the ruling.

The ruling followed several protests from concerned locals outside the building.

The Home Office will seek to appeal against the High Court’s refusal to allow it to intervene in the case of a hotel used to house asylum seekers in Epping

The council had argued the injunction was needed amid “unprecedented levels of protest and disruption” in connection with asylum seeker accommodation.

The time limit for when the hotel must stop housing the asylum seekers is September 12.

If the Home Office appeal is unsuccessful, it is understood that councils across Britain could use this case as a legal precedent, which could allow them to evict asylum seekers from local hotels.

Several protests and counter-protests have been held in Essex since Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu allegedly tried to kiss a teenage girl.

He has denied the charges against him and is due to stand trial later this month.

Latest figures showed there were more than 32,000 asylum seekers in hotels, marking a rise of 8 per cent during Labour’s first year in office.

A further wave of protests outside hotels used as temporary accommodation for asylum seekers is expected over the weekend in several towns and cities across Britain.

Labour has pledged to end the use of hotels to house asylum seekers by the end of this parliament in 2029.