WELLINGTON Town Council will “take control of the cleaning” of some toilet blocks due to the “poor quality of servicing”.

The council said residents reported issues with the toilets in North Street Car Park and Wellington Park and made the decision to take over their cleaning.

The authority also said the facilities were due to handed over to them from Somerset Council in April 2025 but “made the decision to take over this function from Somerset Council and ID Verde with immediate effect”.

A Somerset Council spokesperson said: "We are grateful to WTC staff for the support they have given over the weekend but our contractors are now back cleaning the toilets."

A spokesperson for Wellington Town Council said: “The poor quality of cleaning and servicing of the toilet blocks in North Street Car Park and Wellington Park have been brought to the attention of Wellington Town Council over the past week and we have subsequently made the decision to take over this function from Somerset Council and ID Verde with immediate effect.

“The ownership of these facilities is due to be handed over to Wellington Town Council from Somerset Council in April 2025 but following discussions with Somerset Council, it was considered that it was more beneficial for the public if the Town takes control of the cleaning now.

“In the short term our Community Warden will be doing this work, especially over this weekend to ensure that the block is taken care of and usable during the Wellington Independent Market whilst we look for a longer-term solution.

“As of now all cubicles in the North Street Car Park are open for use.”

A spokesperson for Somerset Council said: “There have been some issues with capacity but we are working with our cleaning contractor and WTC to ensure satisfactory service provision ahead of ownership and maintenance of the toilets transferring over to WTC on April 1 next year.

"We are grateful to WTC staff for the support they have given over the weekend but our contractors are now back cleaning the toilets.

"WTC are rightly concerned and we remain in discussion with officers from WTC on how best to resolve this in the longer term.”