Public toilets in Otley, West Yorkshire, are set to undergo major upgrade works worth around £110,000, a recent news report in the media has revealed.
As a part of this very ambitious scheme, the Orchard Gate facilities will be completely rebuilt, in an attempt to provide a very valuable service to shoppers, traders and visitors.
Thirsk Town Council, which has taken on responsibility for public toilets in a town heavily visited by tourists has raised £1,768 towards their maintenance through donations and advertising.
According to a news report on the matter, the authority has revamped the toilets since taking them on from Hambleton District Council last year, acknowledging the major role they play for the busy tourist destination.
The owner of a shop located next to a site where public toilets were formerly located is pleading Cornwall Council to consider re-opening them, a news report in the local media has revealed.
The toilets closed in May as Cornwall Council sought to cut its expenditure on public conveniences from £3 million to £1.5 million a year, but a large number of people think the toilets next to his business are still open.
North Lincolnshire Council has announced plans to build a new toilet block at a cost of up to £60,000 in Scunthorpe town centre, a news report in the local media has revealed.
The new facilities are expected to be open before next summer, subject to planning permission, and will replace toilets which formed part of the Carlton Street multi-storey car park until it was demolished in November 2011.
Ringwood Town Council was forced to close the men’s and women’s toilets at the Carvers recreation ground pavilion following a bout of anti-social behaviour that severely damaged them, a news report in the local media has revealed.
Seven out of the 93 public toilets in Pembrokeshire are set to be closed as the council tries to save money, a news report in the media has revealed.
The council’s decision follows a public consultation, during which private companies and community councils showed "no interest" in running the seven toilets.
A public toilet from Dudley, the Black Country, that was closed a couple of years ago due to funding cuts, might be reopened following a significant public campaign, a news report in the local media has revealed.
The toilet was closed in the summer of 2011 as part of council-wide savings, while toilets in Halesowen Road in Netherton were also shut under the cuts.
The Llandudno Hospitality Association, comprising most hotel owners in the area, is publicly demanding more public toilets in order to boost tourism in the area.
According to a news report on the matter, the members have received numerous complaints this summer from visitors unable to find a public convenience when they needed one, and now, they’re asking for solutions to this situation, which could deter visitors from returning to the resort.
Public toilets currently managed by the Wyre Forest District Council could soon be axed, together with a variety of other services supplied by the local authority, as it struggles with ever tightening budgets.
The only public toilet block in the town of Whitehave, Cumbria, is set to be demolished, after members of the local council confirmed that the available budget prevents them from re-opening it.
In fact, according to a report in the local media, the local authorities claim that even keeping the building up costs them money so, unless a group steps up and takes it over, they will bring it down in the immediate future.