Toilet Planning Application

The Chair of Tenbury & Burford Civic Society addressed the Town Council about concerns relating to the planning application for the replacement toilets in Market Street.

She raised various points such as

• Design of Building
• Size of build in relation to size of site
• Distance from road - Seating and exit doors
• Isolated area behind buildings
• Inappropriate feel - lack of integrity
• Cost effectiveness

The Town Council discussed the application at length, and agreed that the design choice had been reached democratically.

They felt that although the number of people who made comments during the design competition public exhibition was quite small, it still represented a reasonably large number by local consultation standards.

Whilst not everyone preferred the chosen design, certain preferences were a common theme such as wanting non-unisex toilets, and a design of a more traditional nature.

The winning design was also the one selected by the Malvern Hills Conservation Officer, the Senior Planner and by the Team who will be responsible for day to day maintenance.

Town Councillors expressed some concern about the area behind the toilets but felt that risks could be mitigated by the use of lighting.

They also felt that some of the objections expressed by the Civic Society were actually benefits of the scheme rather than negatives.

The Town Council voted 10:1 in favour of the application with some minor technical queries.