Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

How much would you pay to use a public toilet?

Highland Council HQ in Inverness
Highland Council HQ in Inverness

How much would you pay to use a public toilet?

That’s the question being asked by Highland Council – which has suggested 50p as a possible charge to spend a penny.

The local authority has launched a public consultation as part of a Highland wide review of public conveniences.

The review will consider how the facilities are funded and also proposes increasing the number of sites across the Highlands where there is a charge for use.

The council is consulting on the amount that will be charged for the use of the public toilets and is seeking views on the level of charges from service users and other stakeholders to assist in the decision making process.

The council say that increasing income from the usage of the toilets could enable the authority to retain greater provision across the Highlands.

At present the council operate 102 public toilets with all but five free of charge at present.

A 20p entrance fee is charged at these five.

Councillor Alan Henderson, chairman of the community services committee said: “I would encourage people to complete the questionnaire, as we are very keen to hear your views on how much you would be willing to pay to use public toilets.

“Increasing the income from the usage of the toilets could enable the Council to retain more provision.”

The survey suggests a proposed charge of 50p and asks whether that is considered an acceptable fee, too much or too little.

Another proposed alternative is introducing an honesty box scheme for donations.

Public toilet provision has been a talking point in the Highlands for some time, especially in popular tourist areas.

Earlier this year the council decided against plans to close 50 public conveniences as part of their budget savings.

The current review has come out of the decision to save the toilets from closure or privatisation, which would have saved £250,000 from a total expense of £1.2million.

An online version of the questionnaire can be found at: www.highland.gov.uk/PublicConvenienceQuestionnaire

For further information or to make additional comments please email business.support.admin@highland.gov.uk

Deadline date for responses is Friday, September 30.