Up to 11 public conveniences in Torridge, North Devon, could face the axe as part of a major review carried out by the Torridge District Council, a recent news report in the local media was able to reveal.
The draft proposals, which could see the council save £65,000 a year, would offer parish and town council’s the chance to ‘save’ the facilities at threat of closure.
The newly-opened public toilets in Hailsham have suffered vandalism damage for the third time since they were opened in August, a recent news report in the local media was able to reveal.
The public conveniences were targeted over the week beginning October 13, the vandals damaging a cubicle door and blocking a toilet with paper.
Residents in Cowling, Craven, North Yorkshire, are exploring the possibility of reopening several public toilets in this area, a recent news report on this topic was able to reveal.
The the parish council has received a request to reopen the Cowling Recreation Ground toilets in the centre of the village, as the area has become particularly popular with local residents.
A local council has launched a public consultation aimed at finding the best possible funding option for the local public toilet, a recent news report on this matter was able to reveal.
A public authority in a South Wales town decided to listen to residents’ demands and reopen the local public toilets after they were initially closed due to cutbacks, a news report in the local media was able to reveal.
Turnstiles and other access restriction solutions can prove to be extremely effective in monetizing access to public conveniences, a view that’s likely to be shared by most local councils across the UK.
And now, councillors on the Public Toilets Select Committee in Grimsby are considering a proposal to charge as much as 30p for access to public toilets in the city, a recent news report in the local media was able to reveal.
Camden Council has revealed plans to charge 40p for access to public toilets in its area in an effort to plug a £70million funding gap, a recent news report in the local media was able to reveal.
The plans are part of a whole series of new money-making schemes devised by the council to deal with government cuts, which force the local authority to cut £70m over the next three years.
Several public toilets across Sheffield are at risk of being closed due to lack of funding, a recent news report in the local media has warned.
Data published in the paper suggest that since 2004, the majority of the city’s 29 toilets have been shut, knocked down or sold.
After being queried on the matter, Sheffield Council says a decision will be made later this year about whether more will close as it has ‘not yet looked at’ future budgets.
The lack of proper public toilets across the Cotswolds could put off tourists from returning to the area, local business owners fear.
Concerns about the lack of facilities were raised by Mr. Steve Farnsworth, who lives in Moreton-in-Marsh where he runs the Grimes House Gallery, after a run in with a woman tourist forced to relieve herself on a public pathway, near the town’s railway station.
Public toilets near the Fleming Park Leisure Centre in Eastleigh have recently suffered extensive vandalism-related damage, a media news report on the matter was able to reveal.
Staff from Fleming Park Leisure Centre in Passfield Avenue, Eastleigh, became aware of a group of youths, believed to be aged between 13 and 15, outside the toilets near the pool who ran off when staff approached.