Official Community Plan

The City of West Kelowna's Official Community Plan:

• Aims to create a more complete, compact and connected community by focusing on infill housing and concentrating most development within two urban and five neighbourhood centres. 
• Calls for more economic opportunities in the West Kelowna Business Park.
• Establishes a growth boundary.
• Identifies how more than 12,000 new residents will be welcomed and accommodated within the next 20 years.
• Prioritizes climate change objectives.
• Sets growth objectives.

Sections

• Section 1 – Introduction & Community Vision
• Section 2 – Land Use Designations
• Section 3 – Policies
• Section 4 – Development Permit Areas & Guidelines
• Section 5 – Implementation

Schedules

• Schedule 1 – Land Use Plan
• Schedule 2 – Community Greenbelt and Greenway Concept
• Schedule 3 – Hillside and Wildfire Interface Development Permit Areas
• Schedule 4 – Aquatic and Sensitive Terrestrial Ecosystem Development Permit Areas
• Schedule 5 – Future Road Network
• Schedule 6 – Future Transit Network
• Schedule 7 – Future Bicycle Network
• Schedule 8 – Future Pedestrian Network

Search the interactive map

The interactive map reflects the land use based on the future growth concept for West Kelowna.

To search your property:

• Type your address in the search bar and click the magnifying glass.
• Or click anywhere on the map and drag and scroll in any direction.

On the map, you'll see the proposed future land use of each area, such as the Westbank Urban Centre, Boucherie Urban Centre, five neighbourhood centres and West Kelowna Business Park.

The interactive map reflects updates to the policies in the OCP.

Schedule 1: Land Use Plan Map

About the OCP

To help guide growth, the OCP establishes policies that make West Kelowna a great place to live, work and play and reflect the Community Vision established in 2021. 

The OCP is a blueprint for how our community should evolve to meet our collective vision and accommodate growth. The OCP applies to all of West Kelowna and is the main policy that Council uses to guide decisions that may include:

• Climate change adaptation and mitigation objectives
• Design of the built environment
• Economic development considerations
• Environmental protection
• Growth management
• Housing needs
• Infrastructure considerations
• Land use
• Parks, recreation and trails
• Transportation