Plan and Policy Reviews

Use the dropdowns below to see the Planning Commission's recent reviews of city plans and policies.

Recent Plan and Policy Reviews

2024 Seattle Housing Levy

Read the Seattle Planning Commission's comment letter in support of the 2024 Seattle Housing Levy.

Seattle Comprehensive Plan

A brief history of the Commissions work supporting the City's Comprehensive Plan.

Annual Amendment Process
Each year the City Council can consider amendments to the Comprehensive Plan. Amendments can be proposed by members of the public or City staff. The Planning Commission reviews every proposal and advises the City Council on which ones should be added to a docket of proposals that will be considered for adoption the following year. In that review, the Commission assesses whether the proposals meet a set of criteria that determine eligibility for being considered by Council.

There is a separate review process where the Commission assesses the merits of the proposals that were placed on the docket the previous year, and gives their recommendations about which of the proposals should be adopted.

2022 - 2023
Docket setting letter for 2022 - 2023

Final Recommendations on the 2022-2023 Proposed Amendments - Industrial and Maritime Strategy Amendments

2021 - 2022
Docket setting letter for 2021 - 2022

Major Comprehensive Plan Update - Seattle 2044
Commission work on the major update to the Comprehensive Plan can be viewed on the page linked above.

2020 - 2021
Final recommendations on the 2020 proposed amendments

2019 - 2020
Docket setting letter for 2019 - 2020

Final recommendations on the 2019 proposed amendments

2018 - 2019
Docket setting letter for 2018 - 2019 amendment cycle

Final recommendations on the 2018 proposed amendments

2017 - 2018
Final recommendations on the 2017 proposed amendments

Docket setting letter for 2017 - 2018 amendment cycle

2016 - 2017
Final recommendations on the annual 2016 proposed amendments

Docket setting letter for 2016 - 2017 amendment cycle

2015 - Major Comprehensive Plan Update - Seattle 2035
Commission letter to the Chair of the City Council's Planning Land Use and Zoning Committee of the Seattle City Council on the Mayor's Recommended Plan

Commission letter on the Public Draft of the Major Update to the Comprehensive Plan-Seattle 2035

Commission comment letter on the Seattle 2035 Equity Analysis

Commission letter to the Mayor on creating a more accessible and readable Comprehensive Plan document.

Commission letter on draft #4 of the major Comprehensive Plan update in preparation for the release of the public draft.

Commission letter expressing our support for elevating the prominence of Social Equity in the City of Seattle Comprehensive Plan.

To assist in our review of the update to the Citywide Comprehensive Plan, we requested a few clarifying documents and a commitment to the core values. Our letter can be read here.

Recommendations on the Major Update to the Comprehensive Plan Draft Alternatives for the Environmental Impact Statement. These alternatives will help in drafting the final Comprehensive Plan.

2014 - 2015
docket setting recommendations for 2014-2015 amendment cycle

2013 - 2014
Recommendations on the Stadium District amendment

Final Recommendations on the 2012 proposed amendments

Docket setting letter for 2013 - 2014 amendment cycle

2011 - 2012
Docket setting letter for 2010 -2011 amendment cycle

Final recommendations on the 2010 proposed amendments

We proposed several Comprehensive Plan Amendments in 2010 to advance and implement nine strategies of the Commission's 2008 Affordable Housing Action Agenda.

2009 - 2010
Docket setting letter for 2009 - 2010 annual amendment cycle

Final recommendations on the 2008 proposed amendments

2008 - 2009
Final recommendations on the 2007 proposed amendments

2007-2008
Final recommendations on the 2006 proposed amendments

Letter on the 2007 threshold resolution

2006 - 2007
Final recommendations on the 2005 proposed amendments

2005 - 2006
Final recommendations on the 2004 proposed amendments

Major Comprehensive Plan Update 2004
November 2004 - Final Comments Letter to the Council

June 2004 - Letter to Department of Planning and Development staff on the proposed comprehensive plan update

June 2004 - A more detailed view of our comments on the Comprehensive Plan update