Each county and city planning under the Growth Management Act is required to notify Commerce when adopting or permanently amending its comprehensive plans and/or development regulations. This page provides information on how to submit notice.
What is required?
Cities and counties must notify the Department of Commerce at least 60 days in advance of their intent to adopt comprehensive plan and development regulation amendments. Cities and counties must also provide notice of adoption within 10 days of final adoption for these changes.
Refer to the 60-Day Notice of Intent to Adopt an Amendment-Instructions and FAQ document (PDF) for guidance on submitting notice to Commerce.
How to submit notice
Commerce offers the PlanView system to allow counties and cities to submit and track amendment notices submitted to state agencies for your comprehensive plan or development regulation amendments online. PlanView can be used with or without a user account.
If you don’t have a PlanView system account, you may submit your amendments by signing in as a guest. However, you will need to create an account in order to review your submittal or be notified about changes.
Setting up your PlanView Account
Accessing PlanView is a three-step process:
- First, submit a PlanView System Access Request Form.
- Next, register for a Secure Access Washington (SAW) account and add the PlanView Service.
- You will receive approval emails from both SAW and Commerce.
- Once both approvals are complete, sign-in via Secure Access Washington (SAW) to get the full experience.
Types of notices that may be submitted through PlanView
- 60-day notice of intent to adopt amendments
- Requests for Expedited Review/Notice of intent to Adopt Amendments (Only Available for Development Regulations)
- Supplemental Submittal for Existing Notice of Intent to Adopt Amendments
- Notice of Final Adoption
Submitting by Email
Fill out the Notice of Intent cover sheet (Word) and attach it, along with a copy of your submittal to ReviewTeam@commerce.wa.gov.