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By Victor Kaisar

KAMPLAN

City of Kamloops adopts 2025 Official Community Plan

Dec 13, 2025 | 3:29 PM

KAMLOOPS — Kamloops City Council has adopted the latest iteration of KAMPLAN – the City of Kamloops’ Official Community Plan.

The 2025 edition of KAMPLAN was adopted the Dec. 9 meeting of council.

All municipalities in British Columbia are required to adopt an official community plan, and this version of the planning document in Kamloops replaces the previous one which dated back to 2018.

“An official community plan is a strategic, visionary document that brings the community’s values, priorities, and aspirations to life,” a statement from the City of Kamloops said. “As a guiding document, KAMPLAN is the pillar supporting Council and staff decision making about where and how we live, work, and play.”

According to the city, the 2025 KAMPLAN update primarily focused on aligning anticipated growth with projected housing needs over the next 20 years.

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“With recent legislated changes, all local governments in British Columbia were required to update their official community plans by the end of 2025 to accommodate future anticipated housing needs,” the city statement added.

“While an official community plan does not commit a municipality to proceed with any project specified in the plan, all bylaws enacted or works undertaken by the local government must be consistent with the plan.”

City staff say the updated plan incorporated feedback gathered during “comprehensive engagement” held in the spring. The add it included input from internal city departments as well as external community partners and stakeholders.

You can find a highlight of the updates made to KAMPLAN along with the entire plan here.