Don't bank on it, we once had a pig farm in the country which was surrounded by houses and then closed because of the offensive smell. Residents refused to pay their rates till the council sorted out the smell, the hassle caused us to give up, the buildings were wrecked by yobs and the land is a fly tippers heaven. (we rented the land from the council)

We kept pigs too but then we lived a long way from anyone who may have complained. You have my sympathy but I still think the general principle should apply. We have one life and all have to try to get on with our thing whilst hopefully respecting the fact that others have to try to get on with their's.

A complaint from a new resident about the normal functions of a long established establishment should perhaps be given less weight than one from an established resident about a newer function. Many of the complaints reported in this thread are about the fact that a long-established pub is simply trying to be a pub, or a school is trying to be a school.

Some sort of common sense is going to have be shown if live music is not going to be prevented entirely, as now a single resident who is set on preventing many others from enjoying their thing can complain under planning, licensing and under environmental legislation. Sadly many council employees seem equally set on the impossible task of reducing the number of complaints, (even when this is not a licensing objective). When to do this is by acting on every complaint (whether it is valid or not), only encourages everyone and their cat to complain about everything.