On Tuesday night, Brisbane City Council approved the draft Taringa Neighbourhood Plan, which had been in the planning stage since 2010 and was delayed after the January 2011 floods.

It allows development of up to 12 storeys around Taringa rail station and the Taringa Village and a maximum of eight storeys in the heart of Taringa.

Around the Harrys Road East area, development can extend to 10 storeys.

It sets out two sites for landmark developments to "enhance the character of the area" and to create a "sense of arrival" in Taringa.

Those two sites are the corner of Swann and Moggill roads - on Taringa Hill, before motorists run down to Indooroopilly ShoppingTown - and Morrow and Moggill roads, where the road divides in the middle of Taringa.

Opposition Leader Milton Dick said Labor would not oppose the draft plan, but pointed out that Moggill Rd was already congested and questioned why the widening had been pushed back to 2026.

"Anybody who lives or drives around this part of the world knows just how treacherous this road is," he said.

"I am concerned that we will be increasing the number of people to call this part of Brisbane home without providing the adequate infrastructure to meet the needs of growing suburb.

"I really want to flag that Moggill Rd congestion issue. I think council needs to more on that. Congestion is already a problem here."

The proposed roadwork in the draft Taringa neighbourhood plan shows Moggill Rd will not be widened until between 2026 and 2031.

Earlier Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said the plan originally looked at the suburbs of St Lucia and Taringa before evolving into a plan solely for Taringa.

"It is designed to provide clarity for the community and for the development industry about where development can occur and the nature of that development."

Cr Quirk said one key focus was to be able to take advantage of having higher density living close to Taringa train station.

"That opportunity for residential and public transport mixes can come together," he said.

The plan goes to the state government first, before coming back for further public comment.

Local councillor Julian Simmonds said he hoped the plan would encourage more local businesses to stay longer in Taringa Village to let the suburb grow.

"I have become dismayed at the turnover of businesses in this area since I became the local councillor in 2010," Cr Simmonds said.

"It is really a tough site to make work. Partly seriously and partly to get a laugh, about the longest surviving business up there is the Adult Store," Cr Simmonds told the meeting.

"That is what survives.

"But what we want to service is the cafes and the gyms and the rest of it.

"And in order to do that, they need the residential population."