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Hackney tackles betting shop problem

Michael Donnelly, PlanningResource, 11 August 2009

The London Borough of Hackney has applied to the government for stronger powers to control the concentration of betting shops in the borough.

There are more than 60 bookmakers in Hackney, which is over three times the local authority average. Hackney has applied under the round of Sustainable Communities Act (SCA) bids which...

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