Clive has expressed his disappointment at the Planning Inspector’s decision to allow a planning application for a betting shop in Odeon Parade near Well Hall roundabout in Eltham which had previously been turned down by the local authority.

“The Council turned down this application after a number of objections from local residents” explained Clive.  “It is clear that local people neither want nor need another betting shop and I am disappointed that the Planning Inspector has chosen to ignore local people in this way.”

“In my role as the shadow minister for sports and gambling I have made it clear that a Labour Government will give local authorities the necessary power to refuse applications like this if they wish to do so.”

You can read Clive’s article on Betting Shops and Fixed Odds Betting Terminals from December 2014 here: http://labourlist.org/2013/12/how-labour-will-act-on-fixed-odds-betting-terminals/