Official Community Plan (OCP) Update 2026 Draft is now available. The Official Community Plan Bylaw No. 239, 2026 has received 1st reading. The plan will now enter into further engagement prior to 2nd reading.
Sun Peaks Mountain Resort Municipality, located within the traditional territory of the Secwépemc people and a short drive from Kamloops, is one of British Columbia’s most unique communities. With a growing population of full-time residents, the mountain resort community is seeing a period of exceptional growth. Infrastructure to support the growing community of permanent residents as well as recreational visitors is key to the community’s future planning goals.
Sun Peaks developed its first OCP in 2014. In 2022 an OCP refresh was undertaken, however the revised OCP did not advance past second reading. The OCP update work was restarted in 2025. The update is intended to address the following: ongoing engagement with First Nations; including provincial legislation changes since 2022; focusing on community development pressures; recognizing growth since 2022 and providing for future growth.
The new draft will create a renewed vision for the community, a framework to guide community growth, and certainty to residents, landowners, and the community as it relates to community change. The OCP Refresh will also recognize the Sun Peaks Resort Master Plan Update (2020). This refresh is an opportunity to include changes as required by legislation, and to bring the bylaw inline with development trends suitable for the municipality, focusing on areas such as housing, infrastructure, recreation, and tourism. In addition, this OCP review will also reaffirm the community’s values concerning issues such as land use, development permit areas and guidelines, servicing, amenities, economic development, the municipality’s identity as a resort municipality, aspirations for sustainability, greenhouse gas management, and climate change.
To ensure that the OCP Refresh reflects the values of the municipality as a whole, the community must be consulted in an effective way. Community consultation will begin in July 2026.
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