Seattle 2035 Comprehensive Plan

Since 1994, Seattle's Comprehensive Plan has guided growth in Seattle with the goal of fostering a healthy and vibrant city for years to come.
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What & Why

Project Documents

Background

What is the Seattle Comprehensive Plan?

The Comprehensive Plan is a 20 year vision and roadmap for Seattle’s future. Our plan guides City decisions on where to build new jobs and houses, how to improve our transportation system, and where to make capital investments such as utilities, sidewalks, and libraries. Our Comprehensive Plan is the framework for most of Seattle’s big-picture decisions on how to grow while preserving and improving our neighborhoods.

This page contains information on the current Plan and its past amendments. Please read about the One Seattle Plan, our Draft Comprehensive Plan update, below.

One Seattle Plan Comprehensive Plan Update (2024 Draft Plan)

The One Seattle Plan will guide City decisions about where we locate housing and jobs, and where and how we invest in transportation, utilities, parks, and other public assets. Our goal is to make the city more equitable, livable, sustainable, and resilient for today's communities and future residents.

Learn more about the One Seattle Plan

Comprehensive Plan Core Values

Our Comprehensive Plan helps protect our environment, quality of life, and economic development. Our plan is consistent with Vision 2040 and King County’s Countywide Planning Policies.

  • The four core values of the Plan are:
    • Community: Developing strong connections between a diverse range of people and places
    • Environmental Stewardship: Protect and improve the quality of our global and local natural environment
    • Economic Opportunity and Security: A strong economy and a pathway to employment is fundamental to maintaining our quality of life
    • Race and Social Equity: Limited resources and opportunities must be shared; and the inclusion of under-represented communities in decision-making processes is necessary
  • Our plan’s urban village strategy supports the core values by:
    • Directing growth to existing urban centers and villages
    • Monitoring growth in locations where low-income households and people of color are at risk of displacement
    • Contributing to the vibrancy of our neighborhood centers
    • Reinforcing the benefits of City investments in transit, parks, utilities, community centers, and other infrastructures
    • Guiding how the City will engage the public in future planning and decision making

Comprehensive Plan Amendments (2022)

Comprehensive Plan Amendments (2021)

Racial Equity Analysis (2021)

Adopted Comprehensive Plan (2020)

Comprehensive Plan Amendments (2020)

Comprehensive Plan (2019)

Adopted Comprehensive Plan (2018)

Monitoring

  • Urban Village Indicators Monitoring Report: In June 2018, we completed this first monitoring report to gauge the City's progress in implementing Seattle's recently updated Comprehensive Plan. We're tracking indicators related to housing and employment growth, housing affordability, and key aspects of livability including access to frequent transit, presence of sidewalks, and access to parks and open space. We're measuring the indicators for the city as a whole and for individual centers and villages across the city.
  • Highlights
  • Data Dashboard

Equitable Development Implementation Plan

Equity Analysis

Seattle 2035

Seattle 2035 was the name given to the planning process that led to the 2016 major update.

Final Environmental Impact Statement

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

Updating Seattle's Comprehensive Plan Background Report

Development Capacity

Seattle Sustainable Neighborhoods Assessment Project (SSNAP)

Seattle 2035 Public Involvement

Background

Seattle’s Comprehensive Plan must be consistent with the plan for the four-county region, Vision 2040, and with King County's Countywide Planning Policies.

Watch our Comp Plan 101 video, courtesy of the Seattle Channel.

Resources

Previous Comprehensive Plan

You may view the complete Comprehensive Plan (74 MB) or view the plan in sections:

You may also view just the pages replaced during the 2014-2015 amendment process:

Planning and Community Development

Rico Quirindongo, Director
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 94788, Seattle, WA, 98124-7088
Phone: (206) 386-1010
opcd@seattle.gov

The Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD) develops policies and plans for an equitable and sustainable future. We partner with neighborhoods, businesses, agencies and others to bring about positive change and coordinate investments for our Seattle communities.