Questions over the structural safety of the derelict Broadway Hotel in Woolloongabba remained after the owner said their information from engineers said it could not be repaired, with the state sending engineers to assess its internal structure last week.

The state heritage-listed hotel was burnt out in September 2018, following several fires in 2010 that left it standing derelict.

Since the September fire the privately owned hotel has been the subject of debate between the owners, the council, the state government and the public about what should be done with the building.

The owners, who have not responded to repeated requests for comment, told the council they did not believe the building could be restored.

At the Brisbane City Council city planning meeting on Tuesday morning, chairman Matthew Bourke told councillors a report was due from the state government assessing whether the internal structures of the Broadway were safe enough to enter.

It followed a meeting at the site on Tuesday using a cherry-picker to see over the top of the derelict building and investigate its internal structures.

"Council officers met with the owner of the site on Tuesday of last week with a cherry-picker, and the state government as well to go through the two reports that are there and try to work through what the solution is," Cr Bourke said.

"The state undertook to come back to us on Friday with a new report, we still haven't got that report from the state unfortunately."

But a Environment Department spokesman said the report had been provided to the council on Monday.

"The Department of Environment and Science commissioned a site inspection of the Broadway Hotel by a structural engineer and expert contractors to assess and advise on a safe method for works to stabilise the hotel," the spokesman said.

"The inspection, also attended by Brisbane City Council officers and DES heritage officers, was carried out on Tuesday 19 February.

"DES received the findings from the inspection on Monday 25 February and provided those findings to BCC that day."

The final report concluded the "overall building is structurally sound and is capable of repair".

Cr Bourke said: "We're continuing best efforts to work with the state and with the owner to try and get a resolution to the situation."

"The argument is coming down to whether or not it is safe to carry out works, so whether the structure is safe to carry out works or whether by going onto the site and carrying out works you will cause either injury or death, or more damage," he said.

Cr Bourke said he would seek legal advice over whether he could release the report to other councillors, including Greens Gabba ward councillor Jonathan Sri.

Cr Sri said the report should be released due to the high level of public interest in the status of the old building.

The Environment Department spokesman said the state government continued to work with the council and the hotel's owner to seek options for its restoration.

A petition to the State Parliament to restore the Broadway has garnered more than 2000 signatures since November last year.

The petition requests the state resolve legal loopholes that have contributed to the ongoing debate over whether the state should take more enforcement action under the Heritage Act, or whether the council has the powers under the Building Act to protect the old hotel.