Council chief executive officer Gary Stevenson said the council was "well aware" of the plan but was not expecting the February 3 start date.

The plan, designed to ensure coastal development occurs in an appropriate way, introduces new requirements for development in coastal areas.

It applies to a large section of Redlands classified as "coastal zone" and requires developers to factor in possible sea level rises into all coastal projects.

It also sets out rules and regulations governing the development of properties that already exist in the coastal zone.

Mr Stevenson was speaking out on Friday after the Local Government Association of Queensland slammed the State for giving councils and the development industry less than a week to determine how to comply with the plan.

"It's just one of a number of pieces of state government legislation produced in the past 18 months that contain planning and development assessment requirements that over-ride the council's Planning Scheme," Mr Stevenson said.

"Council must consider this legislation in the development assessment process and reflect it in the Redlands Planning Scheme, which is under a review due to be completed in 2015," Mr Stevenson said.

Environment Minister Vicky Darling and Local Government Minister Paul Lucas questioned the LGAQ's "sudden opposition" to the plan and said councils and the property industry had more than two years to work with government on forming the policy.

Mr Lucas said the state government and the Local Government Association of Queensland jointly launched the plan on April 7, last year.

Ms Darling tried to reassure developers and denied the plan banned development in areas that flooded last year and said existing developer rights would not be affected.

In Redland, development applications lodged before Friday will be considered under the previous coastal plan provisions.

However, Mr Stevenson warned developers that DERM may take the provisions of the new plan into consideration.

Council officers will develop plans to "adapt" existing urban areas expected to be affected by "high coastal hazard risk".

Officers have also drawn up storm tide hazard maps and written climate change studies to help with coastal planning.

The council's mapping studies forecast climate change impacts to the year 2100.