AN ANGRY mob has threatened to bomb council chambers and burn down a proposed mosque.

A Cessnock City Council meeting on Wednesday night was packed with anti-mosque supporters who were fighting against a development application to build a mosque in Buchanan, near Maitland in the NSW Hunter Region.

The council’s 6-4 approval of the plan caused uproar on social media following the decision, with anti-mosque protesters sharing messages of hate.

“Sounds like the council chambers might need a bomb,” one wrote.

Somebody asked if Buchanan was a bushfire prone area and the administrators of the “STOP the Buchanan Mosque — Kurri Kurri” Facebook page said “Yep, one road only to exit”.

Another anti-mosque supporter also made a comment saying: “I hope it is burnt to the ground”.

“I bet a packet of matches and a litre or two of petrol it dont last long (sic),” he said.

A protester said it would be a good bonfire while another said they would bring the marshmallows.

The anti-mosque Facebook page has almost 10,000 likes.

Cessnock Mayor Bob Pynsent told Fairfax Media the council considered public submissions before casting their votes.

The mosque DA was lodged by Newcastle Muslim Association with Kleinfelder Australia, an architecture and engineering firm.

The Muslim association doesn’t have any buildings for prayer in the Hunter Valley, according to planning documents. The mosque will be built on Buchanan Road.

The proposal said there would be no call to prayer most days of the week and there would be few people using the mosque.

Friday would be the busiest day and 200 people would be expected to attend between 12pm and 3pm.

There were rallies in Cessnock, 50km west of Newcastle, last year. In November almost 1000 people stood in the streets and chanted “no more mosque”.

The rally was organised by Reclaim Australia, a group that has been holding anti-mosque protests across the country.

According the far-right group’s website, the mission is to “reclaim freedom”.

There was similar outrage from anti-mosque protesters in Bendigo last year where things went from ugly to downright scary.

The former mayor Peter Cox had to be shielded during a council meeting in the central Victorian town after protesters stormed the chambers.

Mr Cox approved a mosque in Bendigo following months of objections from the public.

At the council meeting last September, Mr Cox was booed and called a “maggot”.

After being on the council for seven years, he said he never witnessed anything like that night in the chamber.

He believed the protesters lacked an understanding of the democratic process and how local government operated.