Campaign group Save the Ocean Room urged Great Yarmouth Borough Council (GYBC) to grant the art deco building in Gorleston extra protection.

In May, members submitted an application for it to be listed as an Asset of Community Value, which would have limited what level of development could take place.

The entrance to the Ocean Room, which is being offered for sale (Image: Owen Sennitt)

GYBC, which owns the 100-year-old building, is currently looking to sell the venue.

But if a buyer fails to surface, the........

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