The information below relates to getting involved at Licensing and Gambling Acts Committee and General Purposes Licensing Committee meetings.
Attending meetings
Meetings are held in public, and you are welcome to attend and observe.
Meeting dates and start times are on the calendar, are held at the Town Hall on St Aldate's, Oxford and are livestreamed on our YouTube Channel.
On occasions the meeting will agree to consider an item in private and if this is the case you will be asked to leave. This happens within limited circumstances for reasons that you will see detailed on the agenda and listed in our constitution.
Participating in meetings
Agendas are published 5 clear workings days in advance of a meeting. To speak on an agenda item, please email the Director of Law, Governance and Strategy (Democraticservices@oxford.gov.uk) by 5pm, 3 clear working days with your name and contact details, the agenda item you wish to speak on and a draft of your address, you will have a maximum of 5 minutes to speak. No supplementary addresses are permitted.
The deadline for submitting an address is included within the agenda.
Meeting agenda
All agenda are available on our website.
You can register for alerts for agendas.
Recording meetings
You can record meetings using your own equipment. We have a filming and recording protocol, which we ask you to follow to minimise disruption to the meeting.
If you want to record audio or video, please talk to the clerk before the meeting starts.
The information below relates to getting involved at Licensing and Gambling Acts Casework Sub-Committee and General Purposes Licensing Casework Sub-Committee meetings.
Attending meetings
Licensing and Gambling Acts Casework Sub-Committee and General Purposes Licensing Casework Sub-Committee meetings are held at least partially in public. Members of the public and press may attend only the public portion of the meetings.
You should be aware that part of the meetings will be held in private as the sub-committees consider individual cases and applications and make deliberations and determinations in private session.
When the General Purposes Licensing Casework Sub-Committee decides on taxi licensing cases, these agenda items are always considered in private because they deal with individual cases and applications.
Meeting dates and start times are on the calendar, are held at the Town Hall on St Aldate's, Oxford and if held in public, are livestreamed on our YouTube Channel.
If you are the subject of a licensing application the licensing officer will contact you to tell you when it will come to the sub-committee.
Asking questions, making comments or speaking
General Purposes Licensing Casework Sub-Committee
Where the press and public are not excluded any member of the public and any City Councillor can speak on any agenda item for up to five minutes if the chair agrees. Individuals should register to speak by 4pm on the day of the meeting. Any extra written material should be submitted at least two working days before the meeting.
Licensing and Gambling Acts Casework Sub-Committee
This committee deals with some applications made under two specific laws and these and associated legislation set out how they must conduct their hearings.
More information about hearings and how to get involved.
Only those people and interested parties who have made representations in writing as set out in the guidelines and within the time for consultation can speak at these hearings.
Meeting agenda
All agendas are available on our website.
The agenda lists all the business and decisions the sub-committee will consider. These are published five clear working days before the meeting. Those people who in law need to be notified will be sent notice of the meeting 10 working days in advance.
You can register for alerts for agenda.
Recording meetings
You are able to record meetings using your own equipment. To allow you to do this without disrupting the meeting we have set a filming and recording protocol which we would ask you to read.
