A petition to save a town's only public toilet has been delivered to the council after receiving a whopping 1,500 signatures.
North Norfolk District councillors for Stalham, Matthew Taylor and Kevin Bayes launched the petition in a battle to save the town's toilets amid council cutbacks.
The petition comes as the council is considering fully or partially closing 40pc of its toilets in an effort to plug a growing deficit of £1.3m.
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Mr Taylor said: "We’ve said it from the start, Stalham must not be left as the only town in North Norfolk without a public toilet.
“When setting up this petition, our target was to hit 500 signatures to really show the Cromer-based district council what we think of their plan.
"To have reached more than 1,500 from both locals and visitors really speaks volumes as to what people think."
Mr Bayes added: "We need to ensure people are able to make use of a public toilet block, especially given our local demographic with a higher proportion of elderly people in comparison to other areas of the country.
"We will keep up the campaign to ensure our toilets remain open in Stalham – we will fight the council at every step to ensure their asset stripping of our town comes to an end.”
The petition has been received by the council and will likely be reviewed at the November meeting of the overview and scrutiny committee.
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