A transfer of a Pembrokeshire village’s public toilets to the community council from the county council won’t lead to it forking out for remial repairs, councillors heard.
A question submitted at the May meeting of Pembrokeshire County Council by local member Cllr Alistair Cameron, Transfer of Responsibility for Kilgetty Public Conveniences from Pembrokeshire County Council to Kilgetty Begelly Community Council, asked for an update on the transfer.
“Kilgetty Begelly Community Council is willing to accept responsibility for maintaining Kilgetty Public Conveniences. However, two actions are necessary to enable the transfer to take place.
“The county council needs to terminate its lease with the Co-op to enable the community council to negotiate a new lease with the Co-op.
“The county council needs to undertake repairs and maintenance work on the public conveniences so that they are in a fit state for the community council to take them over. Please could the relevant Cabinet Member(s) let me know how much progress has been made against these two actions?
“Could the Cabinet Member confirm that until the county council have completed the two actions above (i.e terminated the lease with the Co-op and undertaken the necessary repairs and maintenance work to bring the public conveniences up to an acceptable standard) there will be no requests for maintenance payments made to Kilgetty Begelly Community Council.
Responding, Cabinet Member for Residents’ Services Cllr Rhys Sinnett said the council was continuing to work with the community council, with discussions surrounding the surrender underway, including agreeing any remedial works, which would be undertaken at the county council’s expense.
He said there would be a 28-day advance notice once agreements were in place with the landowner.
Members also heard it was hoped to arrange a site meeting for all concerned parties.
Back in 2023, Pembrokeshire County Council’s Cabinet produced a list of public toilets in the county at potential risk of closure if community asset transfers to town and community councils or other sources of funding weren’t agreed.
At the time, Kilgetty was one of those listed for a potential asset transfer.
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