Leaders of an Islamic mosque say they’ll turn their efforts toward trying to find land to build on, either on Madison’s East Side or in the Sun Prairie area, now that they can’t move into a Sun Prairie office park.

The Sun Prairie City Council voted Tuesday night to deny a conditional use permit for the mosque to operate in the Nature’s Preserve Office Park, according to Fayaz Suleman, secretary and treasurer of the mosque board.

Members of the office park’s condo association have opposed the permit, citing parking and traffic concerns.

Tuesday afternoon, leaders of the mosque had decided to pull their permit application prior to Tuesday’s City Council meeting, saying they would not feel welcome at the site due to opposition from neighboring businesses.

“We would want to feel welcome if we were to move there,” Suleman said. “If we’re not welcome, then we’re withdrawing.”

However, at the last minute, the mosque leaders ended up pressing their case before the council, Suleman said.