Currently the Council is working on introducing a community toilet scheme, which will provide more toilets for the public in each of the wards within the borough. This Scheme will work in partnership with local businesses, however the Council will be funding local businesses for maintenance of the facilities in return for free access to their toilet facilities to members of the public. The facilities would be checked to ensure they meet a suitable level of access, cleanliness and safety. This is a positive step towards addressing the issue of a lack of public toilets, and a step toward improving local collaboration and partnership.
The Council will not be closing any public toilets until there are alternative facilities in place. Currently the Council have 5 traditional toilets and 5 automated public Conveniences across the whole of the borough. We hope that once this scheme is in place we will have increased this number, giving a greater choice for the customer for more hours of the day.
We are piloting the community toilet scheme in Leytonstone where there is currently only one toilet and we are hoping to get at least 3 participating businesses signed up in the area. We are paying local business such as, restaurants, food stores, cafes as well as some public houses to open their toilets for free to anyone who wishes to use them. Please be reassured there is no requirement for you to patronise the business or to make a purchase - from the premises, and this concept will be stressed to all participants of the scheme and will be part of their signed agreement.
I understand your concern but this is a positive step forward to providing clean and safe toilets in convenient locations. It has worked extremely well in the borough of Richmond and we are hoping for the same success in Waltham Forest.
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