A controversial mosque planned for the Gold Coast has been knocked back by the city's council.

At a full meeting of Gold Coast City Council on Tuesday, proposal for the mosque was rejected 10 votes to five.

The council had been asked to vote on a "material change of use" to allow the Salsabil Charitable Organisation to convert a warehouse in an industrial estate at Currumbin Waters into an Islamic place of worship.

The plans for the 4768 square metre site triggered several protests from residents, some of whom waved anti-Islamic signs outside the council chambers, throughout the approvals process.