By Hannah Edwards

Plans to build a 242-bed backpacker hostel at Bondi Beach have been met with angry protests from local residents.

Waverley Council has received 49 objections from residents enraged at the size of the proposed Jacques Avenue development, as well as its intended use as a backpacker hostel and motel.

Councillor John Wakefield said it was the second highest number of objections he had seen in response to a development application.

"The average DA gets three or four objections, if any," Cr Wakefield said.

"This is substantial enough to make us take notice."

Residents' fury over backpacker hostel plan, continued