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# Lichfield District Council to switch to online meetings due to coronavirus
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/lichfield-district-council-to-switch-to-online-meetings-due-to-coronavirus/
- Published: 2020-04-21T11:07:57.000Z
- Updated: 2020-04-21T11:56:15.000Z
- Description: Lichfield District Council is to begin holding meetings online because of the COVID-19 outbreak.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:18, News

Lichfield District Council is to begin holding meetings online because of the COVID-19 outbreak.

The local authority has suspended gatherings of councillors since the introduction of coronavirus restrictions.

![Doug Pullen](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/img_20190510_002203.jpg)

Doug Pullen

But Cllr Doug Pullen, leader of Lichfield District Council, has now confirmed that they would be [following Burntwood Town Council’s decision to switch to online meetings](https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/councillors-in-burntwood-hold-first-online-town-council-meeting/).

> “Following a revision to the legislation around council meetings, we now have technology in place to hold virtual council meetings online.   
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> “The first online meeting will be our planning committee on 5th May, and all of our following meetings will be held online and viewable live by the public.  
>  
> “We will promote them on the council’s website and through our social media channels.”  
>  
> Doug Pullen, Lichfield District Council

The absence of meetings [had seen the use of delegated authority](https://www.lichfielddc.gov.uk/coronavirus-2/coronavirus-covid-19-services-affected/2?documentId=647&categoryId=20098&ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk) to make decisions which would usually be taken by committees or the council as a whole.