Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California is one of the most visited attractions in the world. Credit: The Image Party.

Anaheim City Council in California, US, has voted in favour of DisneylandForward, a plan to allow a new hotel, theme park, entertainment and retail developments around its existing theme parks in the state.

The plan calls for theme park attractions to be permitted alongside hotels on the west side of Disneyland Drive and theme park attractions alongside new shopping, dining and entertainment to the southeast.

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The multi-decade plan does not grant any new hotel rooms, acreage or square footage to be developed. Instead, it shifts development amounts already approved by the city to other land on which Disney now operates.

Disney has not shared any specific development plans at this stage but has pointed to attractions at parks around the world as general examples.

Individual projects would still undergo city planning review by the Anaheim Planning and Building Department and other city departments.

As part of the development agreement, Disney is required to invest a minimum of $1.9bn in theme parks, lodging, entertainment, shopping and dining by 2033.

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DisneylandForward also calls for Disney to pay $39.6m to take on responsibility for Magic Way, a 1,150ft road from Disneyland Drive to Walnut Street, and for two entry drives into Disney parking at Hotel Way and Clementine Street.

The city is transferring responsibility for Magic Way because the road overwhelmingly serves the Disneyland Hotel, Disney employee parking and the south end of the Pixar Pals parking structure.

Anaheim City Council states that it approved the plan because of “what visitors mean to our city. Visitors account for more than half the revenue we use to serve our residents.”

Depending on what’s built, Anaheim is projected to see between $15m and $244m in additional yearly revenue once the permitted build-out under DisneylandForward is complete.