Belfast·SPG012 Sensitive Uses·Page 21·4.2.2

Two-fold Impacts of Bookmaking Offices

Bookmaking offices have both physical location impacts on area amenities and personal impacts including potential effects on mental health and anti-social behaviour.

The impact of bookmaking offices can be two-fold. There is the physical location of a bookmaking office and its impacts upon the amenities of an area as outlined above; and there are the personal impacts of a bookmaking office including exacerbating mental health problem, enabling gambling addictions and increasing anti-social

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