Queenslands Beautiful Brisbane the Green Leafy City

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Over the next 20 years there is expected to be 50 extra skyscrapers and just 7% of the city's land mass will be impacted by this development with 40% of the city remaining devoted to green space.

More than 150 urban villages will rise but leafy backyards will remain and the Cities plan from 2014 onward will be to create a city Brisbane residents can continue to enjoy with lush green vegetation abundant.

It is a plan for the future economic development of the city and one which provides the framework to grow a dynamic city

Griffith University planning expert Matthew Burke said resident engagement had been a key consideration in the plan. "They could have taken off many controls and they have unlocked a few but not as many as they could have," he said.

The big difference in the Brisbane of 2034 compared to its 2014 counterpart will be the rise of the urban village in targeted centres across the city.

Lots of 300 square metres will be allowed within 200 metres of 150 shopping centres and transport hubs.

That move is a bid to accommodate a population expected to grow by 200,000, while maintaining current low densities across the city, as well as preventing an urban sprawl.

Dr Burke said some of the most efficient European cities had that kind of design but lamented Brisbane still being a city where transport and associated development remained largely focused on its road network.

"In Sweden and Denmark, you see cities that have clustered their development along railway lines and key nodes and used planning to encourage the market to use to good locations," he said.

Council's planning chairman Amanda Cooper oversaw the City Plan process and said the move was forced upon council by changes to planning laws by the previous state Labour government.

Maximum house heights will also rise to a blanket 9.5 metres across the city, partly as a measure to allow for flood-sensitive home designs.

Deputy mayor Adrian Schrinner said in 20 years, much of Brisbane would remain untouched by developers. "The shape of the city will be a low density city with increased density in targeted parts that is the reality, and only 7% of the city will experience significant change under this but the remainder, 93% will remain the same and that is the most important thing we can say."

City Plan will now go to the state government for the final tick of approval.