A former retail unit located next to the Market in the Scunthorpe town centre will be redeveloped and transformed into a public toilet block, a recent news report on the matter was able to reveal.
Public toilets across Huddersfield and Dewsbury are set to be closed off in just eight weeks’ time, but the local council says that volunteers still have time to save them, a news report in the local media was able to reveal.
The Kirklees Council officially revealed that it cannot support running the attended toilets in Albion Street, Huddersfield, Holmfirth and Longcauseway, Dewsbury, and plans to close them as of early October.
The Mayor of Hailsham in East Sussex was recently joined by several other town officials for the official opening of the brand new public conveniences located in the town’s North Street, a recent report in the local media was able to reveal.
The facilities have been built within a central building leased long-term by the local authority and are free to use and open to the public seven days a week, 8am to 8pm.
A local council has revealed plans to close five public toilets in the local area, despite strong opposition from members of the public in the affected areas. The local authority argued that it simply didn’t have the required funds to keep the public toilets open.
Willingdon’s public toilets could be saved following discussions between the Willingdon and Jevington Parish Council and the Wealden District Council and East Sussex County Council, a news report in the local media was able to reveal.
The district council planned to shut the public toilets at the Triangle in Willingdon from March 2015, but Willingdon and Jevington Parish Council expressed its opposition and sent forth a counter-proposal.
Cambridge visitors and residents wanting to “spend a penny” in one of the city’s public toilets might have to pay 30p later on this year, a 50 percent hike compared to the 20p they spend at this time, a news report in the local media was able to reveal.
The significant increase in the fees at loos is among the proposals in an emergency budget which the new administration is set to force through.
A public campaign asking for the reopening of three public toilets in Portsmouth has recorded its first victory, with three of the public toilets axed as part of budget cuts last year being recently reopened.
Under the previous council leadership, no less than 12 public conveniences were closed. However, due to public support, the new council bosses have managed to find the necessary funding to reopen three of the public toilets.
A local authority is considering replacing three public doors with some stronger access control restrictions following acts of repeated vandalism, a news report in the local media was able to reveal.
However, Langport Town Councillors are worried about the costs associated to such an undertaking, given the fact that work to replace three toilet doors on the public conveniences in Langport could cost £13,500.
More than £10 million has been cut from spending on public toilets over the past two years, with numerous such conveniences closing and leaving mobile workers (such as street cleaners and refuse collectors) unable to find a place to ”spend a penny”, Unison has warned.
A community campaign fighting against the public toilet closures across Anglesey has started to gain some serious traction as five public toilets have already reopened, with support from the public and community organisations.
A total of nine public conveniences were shut down by Anglesey Council at the end of March as the public authority could not afford to fund their operation any longer, a news report in the local media could reveal.