What is an Area Plan?

Area plans provide a community-driven vision for all parts of Kansas City. These plans identify strategies and priority initiatives to achieve over a 10-year timeframe and provide guidance for future land use and development decisions. In addition to land use, area plans make recommendations related to topics such as; transportation, housing and neighborhoods, and economic development that are the result of technical analysis by staff and conversations with community stakeholders.

Area Plan Uses

Once completed, area plans are used in a variety of proactive and reactive ways by city staff across multiple departments. When new development projects are proposed, everything from the use, to building design, to public improvements is reviewed against the recommendations in the area plan. The plans are also used to prioritize capital improvements, as decision-making criteria by many of the city’s boards, and for funding requests by neighborhood groups.

Area Plan Background

Kansas City had previously been organized into 46 different planning areas making it difficult to maintain current plans for all planning areas. In 2007 the city was reorganized into 18 larger, but more manageable, planning areas allowing plans to be updated on a 10-year cycle. As of 2020 all 18 planning areas have a current plan and several have been updated. This reorganization helps our area plans fill a gap between the very small-scale neighborhood plans and our larger comprehensive plan. 

Type your address into the map to find your current area plan and see the full list of area plans below.

Links to Area Plans

Blue Ridge Area Plan (Adopted June 2017) 

Blue Ridge Area Plan Databook

Planners: Lauren Young, Jonathan Feverston

Briarcliff-Winnwood Area Plan (Adopted June 2009) 

Briarcliff-Winnwood Area Plan Databook

Planners: Michael Sutton, Luke Ranker 

Country Club Waldo (Adopted February 2018) 

Country Club Waldo Area Plan Databook

Planners: Susan Cronander, Lauren Young 

Gashland/Nashua Area Plan (Adopted January 2012) 

Planners: Alexis Berra, Michael Sutton

Greater Downtown Area Plan (Adopted Oct. 2019) 

Greater Downtown Area Plan 2018 Databook

Planners: Luke Ranker, Jonathan Feverston

Heart of the City Area Plan (Adopted April 2011) 

Heart of the City Area Plan Databook

Planners: Jonathan Feverston, Lauren Young

Hickman Mills Area Plan (Adopted June 2020) 

Hickman Mills Area Plan Databook

Planners: Lauren Young, Susan Cronander

KCI Area Plan (Adopted May 2009) 

KCI Area Plan Databook

Planners: Alexis Berra, Michael Sutton

Line Creek Area Plan (Adopted February 2011) 

Line Creek Area Plan Databook

Planners: Michael Sutton, Alexis Berra

Little Blue Valley Area Plan (Adopted December 2012) 

Little Blue Valley Area Plan Databook

Planners: Lauren Young, Jonathan Feverston

Longview Area Plan (Adopted December 2017) 

Longview Area Plan Databook

Planners: Lauren Young, Susan Cronander

Martin City Area Plan (Adopted March 2020) 

Martin City Area Plan Databook

Planners: Susan Cronander, Lauren Young

Midtown/Plaza Area Plan (Adopted January 2016) 

Midtown/Plaza Area Plan Databook

Planners: Susan Cronander, Luke Ranker

Red Bridge Area Plan (Adopted March 2017)

Red Bridge Area Plan Databook

Planners: Susan Cronander, Lauren Young

Riverfront Industrial Area Plan (Adopted March 2018) 

Riverfront Industrial Area Plan Databook

Planners: Luke Ranker, Michael Sutton

Shoal Creek Valley Area Plan (Adopted December 2017) 

Shoal Creek Valley Area Plan Databook

Planners: Alexis Berra, Michael Sutton

Swope Area Plan (Adopted 2014) 

Swope Area Plan Databook

Planners: Lauren Young, Jonathan Feverston

Truman Plaza Area Plan (Adopted January 2012) 

Truman Plaza Area Plan Databook

Planners: Jonathan Feverston, Luke Ranker

Primary planners for the area are listed first. 

Future Land Use/Recommended Land Use updated as of June 2024

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