Attending meetings
Planning Committees are held in public and you are welcome to attend and observe the meeting; only the committee will debate and come to a decision on each item.
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 infrequently and within very limited circumstances that you will see on the agenda and listed in the Council’s constitution.
Asking questions, making comments or speaking
You can speak to the committee either in support of an application, or against it.
Those wishing to speak must register with Committee and Member Services (democraticservices@oxford.gov.uk) by noon on the working day before the meeting, giving their name, the application/agenda item they wish to speak on, and whether they are objecting to or supporting the application.
Those objecting to the application may speak for up to five minutes in total. Those in support may speak for the same length of time. Please note that this may change, subject to further requests of speaking.
Written statements from the public
Any written statements that members of the public and councillors wish to be considered must be sent to the planning officer by noon two working days before the day of the meeting. The planning officer may report these at the meeting.
Material received at the meeting will not be accepted or circulated, as Councillors are unable to give proper consideration to the new information and officers may not be able to check for accuracy or provide considered advice on any material consideration arising. Any such material will not be displayed or shown at the meeting.
Meeting agenda
All agendas are available on our website.
These are published five working days before the meeting.
Upcoming agenda items
You can register for alerts for committees. Our website includes details of planning applications.
The agenda lists all the business of the committee and includes forthcoming items. This is not an exhaustive list. If you require more detail about an application please contact our Planning team.
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.
