ECC21432319 10 26 - Public Toilets

  • Received date16/10/2026
  • Business area Districts and Boroughs
  • OutcomeInformation not held
  • SourcePrivate Sector

Request summary

 

Environmental Information Regulations Request


Reference:    ECC21432319 10 26
Response:    19 October 2026

 

I can confirm that Essex County Council does not hold this information.

 

 

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following information about public toilets in your council area.

By "public toilets" I mean toilets the council owns, leases, manages or funds that anyone can use without being a customer, including those in council buildings. Please exclude staff-only toilets and businesses in a community toilet scheme.

1. Please list every public toilet the council has operated at any point between 16 October 2016 and the date of this request, including any that have since closed. For each toilet, please include:

·       Name

·       Address and postcode

·       Town or City located

·       Location (grid reference, latitude and longitude, or UPRN, whichever you hold)

·       Gender available (Men, Women, Gender neutral)

·       Accessibility features available? (please provide yes or no to features: step-free access, wheelchair-accessible cubicle, ambulant cubicle with grab rails, RADAR key needed, Changing Places toilet)

·       Baby-changing facilities (yes or no)

·       Opening hours

·       Charge to use (£0.00 format)

·       Date opened (month and year, or "before October 2016")

·       Date closed, sold or transferred, if relevant (month and year)

·       For closed, sold or transferred toilets: what happened to it, and the main reason recorded

For toilets that have closed, please include whichever of these details you still hold.

2. Any closures, transfers or openings planned for 2026/27 or 2027/28.

3. Whether the council runs a community toilet scheme, and if so, how many businesses take part.

4. Total annual spending on public toilets for each financial year from 2016/17 to 2025/26.

Please send the information as a spreadsheet (Excel or CSV) with one row per toilet, in whatever layout you hold it. If any question would exceed the cost limit, please 

 

I can confirm that Essex County Council does not hold this information. Your request should be directed to City, District and Borough Councils who may be able to provide you with the information. Please see our webpages which should help you further. 

 

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