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Published:
April 19, 2008
District council extends
deadline for Burnham public toilets sale
The
controversial sale of
a block of public toilets in Burnham-On-Sea has been delayed after
a lack of interest from potential bidders.
Burnham-On-Sea.com
revealed in March
that Sedgemoor District Council had begun inviting bids from firms
interested in buying the Sea
View Road building, even though it
had said last
November that the loos would re-open for the start of the 2008
tourist season.
This
week, Tim Mander from the district council's valuation office
told Burnham-On-Sea.com: "There has been very little interest
in the building, so the deadline has been extended until April
28th while we re-advertise."
The
district council's valuation
office
stated in its advert: "Sedgemoor District Council invites
informal offers to be submitted for the former public conveniences."
The
news that the toilets were up for sale has annoyed the town council,
which had been assured several times that the facilities would
not close.
Town
Clerk Eileen Shaw told Burnham-On-Sea.com: "We're not happy
about this. We haven't been formally told in advance that bids
were going to be invited. There has been no consultation."
The
toilets were temporarily closed in April
2007 amid vandalism and anti-social behaviour and have never
re-opened despite pressure from the town council and tourism bosses,
who argue that more public loos are needed. As
recently as last
November, the district council told Burnham-On-Sea.com that
the loos in Sea View Road "would re-open for the start of
the 2008 tourist season."
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