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In March 2026, Brisbane City Council proposed a tailored amendment to Brisbane City Plan 2014 covering the Indooroopilly, Carindale and Nundah major centres, aimed at increasing housing supply in line with the city’s broader Sustainable Growth Strategy and Housing Supply Action Plan. For anyone who owns property near these centres, or is considering buying into them, the proposed changes are worth understanding before making a decision, because they touch on building heights, site requirements and the future character of both areas.
What is being proposed for Indooroopilly
The amendment package proposes lifting the maximum building height around the Indooroopilly Shopping Centre precinct from 20 storeys to 25 storeys in selected locations. It also proposes reducing the minimum site area required to qualify for that maximum height from 4,000 square metres down to 2,000 square metres, which would make it easier for owners of smaller, adjoining lots to combine sites and redevelop at greater height. Some existing floor-area limits are proposed to be removed to give designers more flexibility, balanced by proposed stronger built-form and landscaping requirements intended to manage the amenity impact of taller buildings.
What is being proposed for Carindale
For Carindale, the proposed changes are more pronounced in parts of the centre. Maximum building heights in the centre core and centre fringe areas, currently around 8 to 10 storeys, could increase to as much as 30 storeys in places under the proposal. At the same time, height would be reduced in the centre’s residential edge area, and new height-transition and setback controls are proposed near the Bulimba Creek corridor and surrounding streets to manage the interface with lower-density housing. A requirement for non-residential uses at ground floor is also part of the package, aimed at keeping active street frontages as the centre grows.
Where the amendment currently stands
Community consultation on this amendment ran from 24 April to 25 May 2026. As of the most recent information available, Brisbane City Council was reviewing submissions, with formal adoption anticipated later in 2026, but not yet confirmed as adopted at the time of writing. Amendment packages like this can be revised between consultation and adoption in response to submissions, so the version that is ultimately adopted may differ from what was originally exhibited. Anyone relying on this for a specific property decision should check the current status directly with Brisbane City Council via its City Plan online mapping tool at cityplan.brisbane.qld.gov.au, rather than assuming the proposal as described here has been finalised.
What this could mean for buyers and residents
If adopted in anything like its proposed form, this amendment could materially change the built environment around both centres over time. A few practical implications are worth thinking through:
- Owners of larger sites, or smaller sites that could realistically be combined with a neighbour, near either centre may find themselves holding land with genuine redevelopment potential they did not previously have.
- Owners and buyers of lower-density housing on the residential edges of these centres, particularly near the Bulimba Creek corridor in Carindale, should think about how nearby taller development could affect overshadowing, privacy and local traffic over the medium term, even where new transition controls are intended to soften that interface.
- Buyers weighing up a purchase near either centre for lifestyle reasons, such as walkability to shops and transport, should factor in that the character of these areas may shift meaningfully over the next decade if this kind of density is realised.
- Traffic and parking demand around both centres could increase as more dwellings are added, which is a reasonable question to raise with Council or in due diligence for a nearby property.
A practical next step
Planning amendments of this scale move through further stages, including possible revision, formal adoption and then years of staged development before their full effect is visible on the ground. Treat this article as background context rather than a substitute for checking the live status of the amendment and how it applies to a specific address. Brisbane City Council’s City Plan online mapping tool is the authoritative source for current zoning, overlays and any adopted changes for a given property.
For general suburb context, see Narevella’s Indooroopilly Suburb Guide and Carindale Suburb Guide.
This article is general research information only, and is not financial or legal advice. Planning amendments can change during and after consultation, so always confirm the current status of any proposal with the relevant council before making a property decision.
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