IT’S finally been revealed where temporary toilets will be situated this summer – but some councillors have blasted the decision as ‘unacceptable’.

Strategic director Martin Hamilton told a Weymouth and Portland Borough Council management committee meeting that there will be toilets at the Pavilion end of the Esplanade this summer.

This will be a temporary solution until a more permanent facility is put in place and follows the closure of public toilets on Bond Street.

The building – which includes a four-bedroom apartment – was snapped up just weeks after being put up for sale by the borough council.

But the sale meant a temporary solution for public conveniences near the seafront was needed.

Mr Hamilton said: “We intend to have the toilets open in time for Easter. We looked at a variety of sites. The site we have selected is the most appropriate for temporary provision and will be on the peninsula itself at the town end. There’s nowhere practical along the Esplanade.”

But Cllr Francis Drake said: “I do not find that acceptable. There are already toilets at the Pavilion and at Alexandra Gardens, we do not need more that end.”

Cllr Drake, who runs a café in the town centre, added: “If I charged a pound for everyone that uses the toilets in my café without buying anything I would be a rich man. That’s how bad the toilets are in this town.” 

And Cllr Christine James added: “There is a big gap between the peninsula and the next public toilets.”

Mr Hamilton said he has been in contact with the British Toilet Association to ask them to undertake a full review of the provision of public conveniences in the town.

He added: “We will get an independent assessment of what needs to be provided and where they should be. It is such a contentious issue that having an independent view is very important.”

Summing up the debate, Cllr Jeff Cant, leader of the borough council, said: “We have 14 public conveniences that cost us half a million pounds a year. We cannot afford to put all our spare resources into renovating the public toilets. We have to be rational.”