Growth Management Planning Council (GMPC)

The Growth Management Planning Council (GMPC) is a formal body, currently consisting of elected officials from King County, Seattle, Bellevue, other cities and towns in King County, special purpose districts, and the Port of Seattle.

Realization of a countywide vision involves collaboration, trade-offs and difficult choices about the appropriate level of growth, its location, the type of growth to be encouraged, public spending, governance decisions, environmental protection, and the quality of life in King County. Through the GMPC, jurisdictions within King County are working together to plan for economic and population growth in King County.

The GMPC developed and adopted the Countywide Planning Policies, providing a countywide vision and serving as a framework for each jurisdiction to develop its own comprehensive plan, which must be consistent with the overall vision for the future of King County. The CPPs (PDF*, 213KB) were adopted and ratified by the cities in 1994.

On September 21, 2011, the GMPC approved the 2011 Countywide Planning Policies - the first major update of the policies since they were originally adopted in 1994.  The updated policies must now be adopted by the King County Council and then ratified by the cities.  This process is likely to be completed during the first half of 2012.

Countywide Planning Policies, current ADOPTED version
Countywide Planning Policies, approved but not ratified

Please click here to learn more about the 2011 CPP update.

For more information:

GMPC meetings, agendas and staff reports

Next meeting: Wednesday, June 6, 2012

GMPC archived meeting information
GMPC members and staff