City Council has adopted KAMPLAN: City of Kamloops Official Community Plan 2025. The plan was adopted at the regular Council meeting on December 9, 2025, following a public hearing earlier that day.

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

The 2025 KAMPLAN update primarily focuses on aligning anticipated growth with projected housing needs over the next 20 years. With recent legislated changes, all local governments in British Columbia must update their official community plans by the end of 2025 to accommodate future anticipated housing needs.

The 2025 KAMPLAN update incorporated feedback received during comprehensive engagement in the spring, including input from internal departments, the KAMPLAN Advisory Group, targeted meetings with key community partners (e.g. business and building sectors, Tḱemlúps te Secwépemc), and in-person and online public consultation.

Feedback received during the three-week public comment period on the draft KAMPLAN in September was incorporated into the final plan.

In British Columbia, municipalities are required to adopt an official community plan. 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.