A Muslim group has been denied permission to convert a vacant old dairy into a new mosque.

About 100 residents turned out to a Hounslow Council west area committee meeting where councillors threw out the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Association’s proposal to transform Asi House, in Raleigh Way, Hanworth, into a religious meeting place.

Petitioners gained 159 signatures opposing the project, and 75 people also objected following a consultation in November last year.

Reverend Paul Williamson, vicar of St George’s Church, in Blakewood Close, Hanworth, sent a letter to the council complaining that it had not consulted his parish community over the plans.

He submitted a string of formal objections, including “any call to prayer by loud speaker will disturb local residents”, and “danger by proximity to garage and petrol fumes, especially by smoking”.

The Musilim association said it would use the centre for “training, recreation and quiet prayer and reading”.

Councillor Linda Nakamura, deputy leader of the west area Independent Group, said: “Basically people felt it was an inappropriate site for it.

“They were saying there would be no more than 30 people there, but how do you regulate that?”

The Ahmadiyyah Muslim Association applied to open the mosque every day between 8am and 9pm, providing 20 on-site parking spaces.

Councillor Mark Bowen, deputy leader of Hounslow Council, said the committee had “serious concerns about numbers and parking”.

He said: “In all my time as a councillor, I have never seen so many residents attend the area committee. Feelings among the residents were clearly running high. That being said, as councillors we needed to consider the matter with an open mind.”

Council officers recommend last Thursday that the committee grant planning permission, because they concluded it “would provide enhanced facilities for the local Muslim community” and “the development would not significantly affect traffic and parking conditions in the locality”.

But all councillors voted against the religious group’s proposal to convert the old Job’s Dairy headquarters, except for one who abstained.

Latif Khan, regional president of the Ahmadiyyah Muslim Association, declined to comment.