Plans for a new betting shop in Bradford have been refused on health grounds. A planning application to convert a vacant bar on Broadway into a branch of Jenningsbet was rejected by the council.
Four of the six units on the city center street where the shop would have been located are currently occupied by betting shops.
The authority’s planning officers said the business would “impede on people’s abilities to make healthy and informed decisions”.
They cited concerns from public health officials that more businesses of the same kind in the area could harm people at risk of gambling addictions.
