Private development should be blocked from Brisbane's inner-city flood plain and such land should be converted to parkland, the Greens say.

Gabba ward councillor Jonathan Sri is calling for a ban on for-profit residential, commercial and mixed-used developments that fall within Brisbane City Council's river and creek flood planning areas.

Brisbane's inner city flooded in 2011. Credit:Paul Harris

The proposal would see large swathes of inner-city suburbs such as West End, New Farm and Teneriffe banned from further development.

The stretch of riverfront land along Montague Road would be converted to parkland or community space.