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  Official Community Plan No. 300 adopted 

After a three-year community visioning and OCP update initiative, which included extensive public consultation, Council adopted the updated Official Community Plan (OCP). The updated OCP sets growth objectives for the community and identifies how more than 12,000 new residents will be welcomed and accommodated within the next 20 years. It also establishes a growth boundary and 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. The OCP also calls for more economic opportunities in the West Kelowna Business Park and prioritizes climate change 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
 Comprehensive Development Plans or Area Plans

Comprehensive Development Plans or Area Plans (previously known as “Neighbourhood Plans”) are planning documents created to guide development for specific areas of the city that are either intended to accommodate redevelopment, or to create a new neighbourhood. These plans address land use, design, environmental, servicing and transportation issues for specified areas of land at a finer level of detail than that provided by the OCP.

 Active Plans under Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 300

The City has two active plans under the current Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 300, which guide development and ensure that staged bylaw amendments are consistent with the plan’s vision for the area as it develops.

  • Goats Peak Comprehensive Development Plan, 2017
  • Smith Creek Comprehensive Development Plan, 2020

A third plan area is currently under application:

  • Draft Raymer Comprehensive Development Plan (is not yet active)
 Historical Plans under Previous Official Community Plan Bylaws
Previous Official Community Plans included the development of Comprehensive Development Plans, Area Plans and “Neighbourhood Plans” that were listed as appendices or approved as references to the OCP. As these plans were meant to guide development within areas that have now largely been built out or the remaining land use and policy has been incorporated in the current OCP, the following plans have since been repealed, are under active application/construction, or are obsolete due to required updates:
  • Broadview Neighborhood Plan, 2004, (repealed April 4, 2017)
  • Shannon Lake West Concept Development Plan, 2006 (repealed April 4, 2017)
  • South Mount Boucherie Concept Development Plan, 2003 (repealed August 22, 2023)
  • Upper Glenrosa Comprehensive Development Plan, 2013
  • Upper Glenrosa Area Plan, 2014
  • Westlake Concept Development Plan, 1998 (repealed April 4, 2017)
  • Westbank Town Centre Strategic Plan, 2005 (repealed April 4, 2017)

 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 in your address to 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.

*This interactive map reflects updates to the policies in the update of the OCP.

Schedule 1: Land Use Plan Map


   About the OCP

West Kelowna is home to nearly 39,000 people and by 2040 we expect to welcome an additional 12,000 new residents to our community. To help guide this growth, we are updating our OCP to establish policies that make West Kelowna a great place to live, work and play and reflect the Community Vision established in 2021. All municipalities, regional districts, and the Islands Trust in British Columbia have the authority to create an official community plan. 

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

  • Land use
  • Climate change
  • Growth management
  • Transportation
  • Housing needs
  • Economic development
  • Design of the built environment
  • Infrastructure
  • Protection of the environment
  • Parks, trails, recreation, and events
Official Community Plan No. 0100 (Rescinded September 12, 2023)
Sections
  • Section 1 – Introduction
  • Section 2 – Community Context, Vision and Guiding Principles
  • Section 3 – Objectives and Policies
  • Section 4 – Implementing the Plan (Includes Development Permit Guidelines)
Schedules
  • Schedule 1 – Land Use Plan
  • Schedule 2 – Growth Management Designations
  • Schedule 3 – Community Greenbelt and Greenway Concept
  • Schedule 4 – Aquatic and Terrestrial Development Permit Areas
  • Schedule 5 – Hillside and Wildfire Interface Development Permit Areas
  • Schedule 6 – Approved Neighbourhood Plans and Concept Development Plan Areas (Removed)
  • Schedule 7 – Road Network
  • Schedule 8 – Transit Network
  • Schedule 9 – Bicycle Network
  • Schedule 10 – Pedestrian Network

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