2025 Update | Clark County

2024 Comprehensive Plan Update Open House

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Preferred Land Use Alternative to be selected

The next step in the comprehensive plan update process will include the selection of a preferred alternative, from the three alternatives studied in the draft environmental impact statement (DEIS). Public meetings and hearings will include those listed below. Dates may be subject to change. Please check the Planning Commission and County Council meeting pages for additional information:

Council Work Session - 1/7/2026
Joint Planning Commission and Council Hearing - 1/8/2026
Planning Commission follow-up deliberation, if necessary - 1/15/2026
Council Work Session (Update on Planning Commission Preferred Recommendation) - 1/21/2026
Council Hearing on Preferred Alternative - 2/3/2026

There are two webtools available for viewing the alternatives maps, linked below. Please note that these interactive maps are intended as supportive resources only.

This Storymap provides an explanation of the three alternatives and includes interactive maps.
This mapping application includes maps of the three alternatives without any accompanying explanations. You can switch between the alternatives in the top-right corner.

Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) comment period now closed

Thank you to everyone who submitted comments on the draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for the proposed Updated Comprehensive Growth Management Plans of Clark County, Battle Ground, Camas, La Center, Ridgefield, Washougal, Woodland, and Yacolt. The comment period is now closed. Staff and project consultants are currently reviewing the comments submitted. A final environmental impact statement (FEIS) will include responses to comments and is expected to be issued in the spring of 2026.

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Project Overview

Clark County is conducting a periodic review of its Comprehensive Plan (Plan) as required by the Washington State Growth Management Act (GMA). The county is required to complete its update by December 31, 2025. The Plan, originally adopted in 1994 and last updated in 2016, is a long-range policy guide for how the county plans to manage growth and development over a twenty-year period. The GMA requires jurisdictions to periodically update their comprehensive plan and development regulations to bring them up to date with:

Changes to state law,
Land use changes,
Population growth projections, and
Housing projections.

The Comprehensive Plan guides County decisions related to land use; housing; capital facilities and utilities; rural and natural resources; transportation; economic development; parks, open space and recreation; schools; historic preservation; environment; community design; shoreline; and annexation.

The focal point of the County’s long-range planning is the County’s Comprehensive Plan and its Capital Facilities Plan which help with policy, financing and development regulation decisions over the 20-year period. Find out more about the project in this handout: