Brisbane City Council’s planning committee has supported a development application for two high-rise towers to be built in Newstead as aged care facilities.

The two towers will host 120 residential care beds and a total of 142 retirement units and are set to boost the inner-city aged care facilities

City planning chairman Matthew Bourke says as our city’s population ages, there is a growing need for aged care accommodation across the city to allow retirees to age in place.