A woman hoping to relocate her doggy daycare centre to a bigger premises has expressed frustration with planning restrictions. 

Karley Richards, 44, runs Dog Dayzzz on Bells Road in Gorleston.

The building, a former lamp shop, is limited to taking six dogs per day - but this means Ms Richards finds herself turning potential customers away.

She wants to open a bigger premises where there would be room for 12 to 15 dogs. This would require approximately 100 sq m, with outside space, water and electricity.

Karley Richards, 44, who runs Dog Dayzzz in Gorleston on her wedding day. Karley Richards, 44, who runs Dog Dayzzz in Gorleston on her wedding day. (Image: Supplied)

The search for a new location, however, has been "difficult as hell", she said. 

Last month, Great Yarmouth Borough Council refused her application to change the use of part of the Herringport Furniture building at the Old Priory Works on Riverside Road.

Ms Richards said the planning restrictions are "so difficult".

"I don't know where else to try. I tried looking into shipping containers, converting them, if we had some land, but we want to be based in Gorleston

"Every time we apply it's more money down the drain."

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Dog Dayzzz opened two years ago.

Ms Richards said: "I just like to play with dogs all day. I love dogs. I love seeing them happy. A friend said to me, why don't you try dog daycare? I decided to give it a go and it has gone quite berserk."

A lot of people got dogs during lockdown, and then they went back to work so needed somewhere to leave their pets during the daytime.

"A lot of the dogs weren't socialised when they first came to us," Ms Richards said.

"It's been great. I started from scratch. Most days are full. We're turning people away, having to tell them, we're sorry, we're full."

Ms Richards used to live in Kent, visited Gorleston on holiday with her husband and fell in love with the area.

Susan Himpleman with her dog Marsha. Susan Himpleman with her dog Marsha. (Image: Supplied)

'We'd be lost without her'

One of her customers is Susan Himpleman, 58, who works at the James Paget hospital. Her dog Marsha has been attending the centre for the past two years.

She said: "I don't know what I'd do without [Karley]. I can go to work knowing Marsha is being well looked after."

She said the centre "desperately needs the bigger space".

"We'd be so upset if we lost it," she added.