Hundreds of West End residents have taken to the streets to protest what they said was the overdevelopment of their suburb.

The protestors, organised by local community group Kurilpa Futures and the West End Community Association, marched from one subject of their ire to another.

About 200 people protested against the over-development of West End in Brisbane on Sunday. Credit:Cameron Atfield

About 200 people started their match at the former distance education building on Montague Road, which is set to be converted to high density residential development, to the Absoe site, where there were plans for 25-storey buildings well above the zoning limits.

Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said the council had informed the applicants, Payce Consolidated and Sekisui House, to say there was "no justification" for the increased heights they had sought.