Redland City Council will consult the community on a City Plan amendment package designed to deliver better designed apartments and townhouses across the city.
Cr Wendy Boglary said this would be a chance for residents to have their voices heard.
"Getting an amendment package to this stage, open to the community, has been what I have been working on for years.
"Now it is up to the community to have a strong voice and support the changes," she said.
Mayor Karen Williams said the proposed changes followed a review of multiple dwelling outcomes delivered by the City Plan since it started in 2018.
"The community has consistently expressed strong views about the quality and location of residential growth within the city with a preference for well-located and designed housing development," Cr Williams said.
The amendment and the planning scheme policy will be advertised for a 30 day public consultation and formal submission period which began August 4.
Cr Williams said the review identified a number of concerns with the built form and design elements being delivered under the City Plan.
Early last year Cr Boglary called for a review of the medium density residential zone code in the new City Plan, adopted in 2018.
She thought the changes to parking, setbacks, site coverage and density loosened design and planning rules, were impacting on good design outcomes.
Cr Williams said the review included ways to integrate the design outcomes sought by the existing multiple dwelling design guide into the zone codes of the City Plan.
"The guide was also recommended to become a planning scheme policy to assist in its use for guiding developers in achieving high quality design outcomes," she said.
Cr Boglary said three years had passed since the City Plan was approved by most councillors, and it was evident her concerns had come to fruition.
"The City Plan is the rule book for planning and development so if the rules states it is allowed there are no planning grounds to not approve applications...
"This is the power of the plan and stresses the dire need to get it right in the first place," she said.
Cr Williams said the current location and extent of land zoned for medium density development was found to align with current strategic development outcomes, and no change to zoning maps was needed.
"A greater diversity of housing options, including multiple dwellings strategically located throughout the city close to centres and public transport is important to manage expected population growth while at the same time responding to the changing housing needs of the community," she said.
Residents are urged to write a submission to council.
