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City of St. Louis
Strategic Land Use Plan
What is The SLUP?
The Strategic Land Use Plan (SLUP) of the St. Louis Comprehensive Plan is the City’s general land use plan. The Strategic Land Use Plan sets out a vision for how we can best use the land in our city, block by block, to guide future development. It doesn’t make development happen, but it guides what kind should occur where.
Final Draft SLUP
The Planning Commission of the City of St. Louis approved the updated SLUP on February 12, 2025. The team is currently making final edits to the document, and it will be available soon. In the meantime, view the Final Draft here:
Soon, the City will start the Zoning Code Overhaul. This site will be updated with more information and opportunities soon!
Community Engagement Public Workshops
Why is The SLUP important?
Why should I care about it?
The SLUP serves as St. Louis’s “city plan for the physical development of the municipality,” which means it authorizes what kind of development can happen, and where, throughout the city. For example, the City’s Planning Commission reviews redevelopment plans, zoning text amendments, and rezonings created by people who are doing new development projects to make sure they conform with the SLUP. The Planning and Urban Design Agency also reviews zoning variances and other adopted plans to make sure they are in line with the SLUP. And the SLUP can also guide proactive policy changes, like redevelopment plans and zoning changes. In other words, the SLUP legally establishes the community’s aspirations for what future development should happen in different places.
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