I've always thought there should be some sort of law in place that gives priority to existing venues.
Essentially if you move in near to a pub / venue / other then there has to be some extraordinary circumstances for a noise complaint to be upheld.
I once rented a place near (literally...
Signed.
Played there once, seen countless bands there and my last two offices have been within stumbling distance so it's somewhere I've spent a lot of time over the years.
I was hacked off the last time they tried to dismantle the place and I'm no less hacked off now.
Hands off our...