Issue - meetings

As detailed in the recommendations.

The Highway Network Managerintroduced the report and explained that in July 2017, the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 received Royal Assent, bringing together a range of practical actions for improving and protecting health. Part 8 of the Act included Provision of Toilets and introduced new responsibilities for Local Authorities to provide Local Toilet Strategies.

To deliver a strategic approach to the provision of toilets across Wales, the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017 required Local Authorities to assess local needs and facilities, and to publish a Local Toilet Strategy for its area.

Flintshire’s current Local Toilet Strategy was approved and published in May 2019.  National guidelines stated that the policy should be reviewed every two years from when the Local Authority last published or last reviewed its Strategy, and within one year of every ordinary Local Government election.

At the recent Environment & Economy Overview & Scrutiny Committee Members supported the proposed review to the Local Toilet Strategy and approved the intended approach set out in the report. The purpose of the report was to provide Cabinet members with an update following the formal 12-week consultation on the revised Local Toilet Strategy.

The new strategy aimed to reflect the ambition of the Council’s Leadership to provide improved facilities for the residents and visitors of Flintshire within the period of the new strategy.

Councillor Bithell welcomed the revised strategy and commented on the toilets in towns across the country that people paid to use which would generate income.

RESOLVED:

(a)       That the work done to date on the results from the Local Toilet Strategy questionnaire and 12-week consultation be acknowledged; and

(b)       That the new revised Flintshire County Council Local Toilet Strategy 2024 and renewed action plan included within be approved.