Is there a minimum number of toilets a restaurant/take-away is required to have for customers?
Wolverhampton City Council have a local standard in respect to toilet provision for small, unlicensed cafe’s, restaurants, canteens etc which were established from 1976 onwards. This standard requires: • Provision of one public toilet and wash-hand basin where there are less than 15 seats for customers (facilities can be shared by males, females, staff and customers) • Provision of one toilet and one wash-hand basin for females and one toilet and one wash-hand basin for males (no separate staff facilities are required) where there are 16-50 seats are provided Other premises are required by the ‘Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992’ to provide suitable and sufficient conveniences in readily accessible places.
