The Local Government Association of Queensland (LGAQ) has accused developers of manufacturing a crisis to destabalise the South-East Queensland Regional Growth Management Plan.

LGAQ executive director Greg Hallam said that the development industry lobby was leading a baseless campaign against council infrastructure charges across the state.

"The state government and SEQ councils spent a year consulting with the community on the second five-year growth strategy before it was adopted in the middle of last year," Mr Hallam said.

"Now, it appears the developers are trying to white-ant the strategy.

"It's a strategy based on well-managed and sensibly-directed growth, which does not suit developers who want to develop wherever and whenever they can. Back to the bad old days of open slather is their obvious preference."

The development industry has been at loggerheads with councils since the announcement of the State Government’s growth management plan.

With Australia's population forecast to grow to 35 million by the middle of this century, South East Queensland is expected to grow from 2.8 million in 2006 to 4.4 million in 2031.

Mr Hallam called on an independent authority, such as the Productivity Commission or the Queensland Competition Authority, to test the claims of the development industry.

"The LGAQ and Queensland councils would cooperate fully with such a probe. We believe it would put an end to the deliberate distortions, deception and dodgy data which are the development lobby's stock-in-trade," Mr Hallam said.

He said the LGAQ, representing the level of government closest to the people, was focused on striking a balance between development, community interests and the environment.