Amended plans for a new £35m casino, hotel and leisure complex on the Great Yarmouth coast in Norfolk have been given the green light by the local authority after English Heritage withdrew concerns over the scheme.

Great Yarmouth Borough Council (GYBC) approved plans for The Edge after the heritage organisation decided to drop its opposition over concerns that the proposed development would have an impact on views of Nelson Monument Pleasure and Leisure Corporation (PLC), which also owns the town's Pleasure Beach attraction, has been working in partnership with Aspers Casino on the plans as part of a bid to secure a casino license awarded to GYBC by the government.

The 100,000sq ft (9,290sq m) venue, will feature a 65,000sq ft (6,039sq m) casino, including roulette, gaming tables, slot machines with jackpots up to £4,000, and restaurants, as well as a beauty salon, an iPod lounge and facilities for live entertainment. Designed by ColladoCollins, the scheme was originally approved on 27 November, and will also include a 138-room hotel, an eight-screen multiplex cinema and an 18-lane bowling alley, plus a multi-storey car park.

But English Heritage had raised concerns that the multi-storey car park and hotel elements, located on the site of a former caravan park next to the outer harbour, would obstruct views of Nelson Monument. However, in a letter to GYBC planners, English Heritage's Trudi Hughes said: "We accept that the design team has made considerable efforts to address the issues raised by us, and the impact of the scheme as now proposed on Nelson Monument is significantly reduced.

"We therefore believe it would be no longer appropriate to request the secretary of state to call the application in for public inquiry, and no longer wish to oppose the granting of planning permission for the project." GYBC is currently holding a consultation with local residents to help determine the conditions developers will need to meet when applying for the council's large casino licence, although a decision is not expected for at least 18 months.