Denbighshire County Council's Local Toilet Strategy 2024-2027
Why are we doing this?
We are consulting on how we approach and manage public toilet provision in Denbighshire in the future.
Under the requirements of Part 8 of the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017, Local Authorities such as Denbighshire County Council are required to develop and publish a Public Toilet Strategy.
The Strategy should identify how we assess the need for public toilets in Denbighshire, and how we will manage this need.
Please note: there is no requirement for Denbighshire County Council to own or maintain any public toilets, only to ensure that there is a Strategy in place to ensure that needs are being met.
What is a public toilet?
Public toilets (sometimes called public conveniences) are toilet facilities which the public can use. These can include purpose-made toilet blocks, or toilets within existing buildings such as offices, shops, visitor attractions, hotels and restaurants.
Public toilets can be charged for their use, but to be considered a public toilet, there should be no other charges incurred. For example, a toilet in a café that requires you to buy a drink or food item before you can use the toilet would be a private customer toilet, rather than a public toilet.
How do we assess the need for public toilets in Denbighshire?
The statutory guidance which goes with the legislation states we should consider:
- Statistical data including:
- Usual residential population in terms of overall numbers
- Additional consideration for differences in gender, age, disability or chronic health condition etc which may affect someone's toilet use
- Additional consideration for seasonal variations in visitor numbers from outside of that community
- An assessment of popular or busy locations within each community
- An assessment of the availability and opening hours of all public toilets within each community - including both those run by the County Council as well as any run by other providers including private providers such as supermarkets, restaurants, cafés etc
- Consultation with local communities, businesses and organisations or charities which support anybody who may have an increased need to use the public toilet
What do we want to know?
We would like to know what you think.
Your views will help inform the final version of our Needs Assessment document, and a revised version of our Public Toilet Strategy.
We have created a consultation survey that is open to:
- Residents of Denbighshire and visitors/tourists to Denbighshire
- County Councillors and representatives of City, Town and Community Councils
- Charities and third sector organisations who support people who may have additional needs or considerations around toilet use
- Businesses who would like to register interest in finding out more about our Community Toilet Scheme
How to get involved
To take part in this consultation, you can:
The closing date for all responses is Sunday 15 September 2024.
Location: Denbighshire County Council
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Start date
22 July 2024
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End date
15 September 2024
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Methods
Consultation Document, Questionnaire - Online
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Supplier
Cyngor Sir Ddinbych
What we found out
Update: 17th September 2024
his consultation is now closed. We have received 1,419 responses and are now in the process of analysing them.
We will provide a further update in due course.
What difference has it made?
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