A 50-year campaign backing calls for toilets at Chepstow bus station looks set to end this week.

Planning permission to install automatic toilets at the bus station for bus users was granted three years ago but was held up because of difficulties in acquiring the land.

Monmouthshire councillor and cabinet member, Bryan Jones is set to approve a plan to provide 24-hour toilets at Thomas Street later this week.

The decision comes three months after the public toilet in nearby Bulwark was closed as part of a review of 16 of the county’s toilets to save more than £180,000 a year. A review was carried out by a working group amid concerns about the condition and cost of the toilets and resulted in the closure of six toilets in April after the town and community council’s chose not to adopt them. The savings will be used to upgrade its remaining toilets.

Under the recommendations by Roger Hoggins, the council’s head of infrastructure and sustainability, the public toilets at Abergavenny's Castle Street car park, which have been the subject of consultation, would remain open.

Abergavenny Town council is contributing £9,000 towards the cost of keeping Whitehorse Lane toilets open and up to £30,000 for refurbishments, freeing up revenue for the council to keep the Castle Street toilets open at a cost of £5,000 a year.

Goytre public toilets were also due to be sold at auction by Monmouthshire council for between £10,000 and £15,000 earlier this month, but were withdrawn from auction after the community council reconsidered its decision and is now likely to adopt the building.