The applications come as the Brisbane City Council will be allowed to raise their homes 9.5 metres above the ground.
The guidelines set a new flood level for the city and give residents the right to raise the level of their buildings one metre higher than the previous maximum height in inundated areas.
Neighbourhood planning chair Amanda Cooper said the interim guidelines would ensure flood victims were able to get started with the reconstruction process while the State Government carried on its flood inquiry, which is expected to take a year or more to deliver its final outcomes.
“We cannot stand by in good conscience and leave the flood level as it is after seeing how high the flood waters got in January,” Cr Cooper said.
“This is as much about better protecting homes against future flooding as it is about giving flood victims the certainty they need to start rebuilding again.”