PEOPLE who move to the inner city and then complain about the noise from the pub next door are often derided. But what about when a pub moves in next door?

''We certainly never envisaged that a 200-seat hospitality venue would be installed 15 metres from our kitchen window,'' said Karen Conway, a resident of Whittell Street in Surry Hills.

Too many venues ... Anthony Schofield with his son and other concerned locals. Credit:Jacky Ghossein

Usually, it would be the kind of thing that residents might love: an artisan brewer with a focus on local food.

But there are plenty unhappy about Young Henry's, a proposed 200-seat microbrewery and restaurant at 276 Devonshire Street, seeking to trade until midnight six days a week and 11pm on Sundays. Of 74 public submissions received by council, there were 57 objections.