WORK to demolish two sets of public toilets which were closed last year is set to start next month.

The council-run public toilets at Quay Visitors and Chapel Lane were permanently closed in April last year along with the toilets at Quay Watch Station and Kingland Road bus station.

The decision was agreed by councillors in a bid to save Borough of Poole £98,000 a year.

Now planning applications have been submitted to demolish the two toilet blocks at Chapel Lane and Quay Visitors car park.

It states that the toilet blocks will be "craned off site to a scrap yard" and then the sites will be tarmaced.

The work is expected to take two weeks - with the demolition process due to start on Monday, March 20 and finish on Friday, March 31.

A council spokesman has said that the future of the other two public toilets is still undecided.

She added: "The public toilets at Quay Watch Station and Kingland Road bus station form part of a shared building.

"In both cases we are exploring options for an alternative use."

At the time of the closures the council asked members of the public to instead make use of existing loos in Sainsbury's, Poole Museum and The Lighthouse.

All three had signed up to be part of a 'community toilet scheme,' whereby they make their toilets available for public use in exchange for a fee. Shoppers are advised to look out for the 'use our loo' sticker in the window of participating businesses, which are paid between £360 to £1,000 per year by the council towards the upkeep of the facilities.

Last month BOP’s cabinet agreed to close a further eight public toilets across the borough leaving only 15 open out of 30 before closures began.

The borough has said the new wave of closures will save £100,000 in addition to the £193,000 already recouped by other public toilet closures. However the decision has now been called in, meaning it will need to be looked at again by councillors before the closures go ahead.

The toilets affected are at Baiter Park, Branksome Recreation Ground, Alexandra Park, Charborough Road (Broadstone Recreation Ground), Constitution Hill, Parkstone Park, Poole Road, and The Haven.

The call-in overview and scrutiny meeting to discuss the charges is set for the Civic Centre on Monday (February 20).