Bid to improve toilet facilities at Sunderland's Margaret Thompson Park
Plans for improved toilet facilities at a Sunderland park are due to go before councillors for decision.
Sunderland City Council’s planning and highways committee will discuss and vote on plans for Margaret Thompson Park, off Newcastle Road, in the Southwick ward.
The site includes open park space sited between a sports court and play area and behind existing changing rooms adjacent to a curved hardstanding area.
The application from the council, submitted earlier this year, is seeking permission for an “accessible modular toilet” building.
Council planners, in a report published ahead of a decision-making meeting on Wednesday, June 10), stated the proposal would provide a “communal and accessible facility”.
It was noted that the plans aimed to “enhance and provide a much needed facility for the users of the sports grounds and play areas” and would “not lead to any adverse harm to the amenity of the neighbouring properties”.
The council committee report adds that the development “is considered to be appropriate within the area”.
It adds: “It does not negatively impact visual amenity, residential amenity or highway and pedestrian safety and it is therefore recommended that members are recommended to grant consent.”
A decision is due at the council’s planning and highways committee on Wednesday, June 10, at City Hall.
The meeting is scheduled to start at 5.30pm and will be open to the public.