A plan to bulldoze two houses for a small apartment development in Brunswick has put the focus on new planning rules Planning Minister Matthew Guy rejected for the area but approved for some of Melbourne's richest suburbs.

The owners of two terrace houses in Laura Street, Brunswick, have proposed knocking them over and replacing them with 10 apartments.

Residents are opposed to plans to build 10 apartments on two blocks in their street. Credit:Simon O'Dwyer

Residents in the street and others including the local Labor MP are among more than 90 objectors who say the plan should not be allowed.

Under planning rules proposed by Moreland Council – and rejected last month by Mr Guy – the apartment plan would have been banned.