Brisbane's old Irish Club will be converted into a seven-cinema theatre complex after plans for the heritage-listed Tara House were unanimously passed by the council's planning committee on Tuesday.

The plans for the Elizabeth Picture Theatre, which were revealed by Fairfax Media last September, were submitted by Stephen and Peter Sourris, the brothers behind the successful restoration of New Farm's Village Twin cinema, now known as New Farm Six.

If approved, the Elizabeth Picture Theatre would open on the Irish Club site.

The Sourris brothers planned to transform Tara House, which ceased to be home to the Queensland Irish Association in 2015, into a seven-theatre cinema complex.

The ornate upstairs ballroom would be converted into the main 121-seat cinema room without changing the original room layout.