The Level, in Brighton, is a busy park that has been without public toilets for more than a year, in part due to anti-social behaviour.
Now, the council is discussing the most affordable ways to reintroduce toilet facilities, which could be to introduce a café with toilets to one of the existing buildings.
The MacLaren Pavilion, an existing period building sitting on the Ditchling Road side of The Level, could be transformed.
Proposals, to be discussed by a council committee next week, show how new café and accessible public toilet facilities could be created at the site.
Councillors will discuss proposals to refurbish the building at the city environment, South Downs and the sea committee on November 14.
If the proposals are approved, the council will seek planning permission to go ahead with the work.
The council said the public toilets were first closed last year due to “significant issues with the building” and that it is “exploring options for what to do with the building”, but the financial commitment is “very significant”.
The MacLaren Pavilion was named after Captain Bertie Hubbard MacLaren who redesigned The Level in the 1920s.
The proposal for the new toilet facilities includes two standard toilets, a family room and an accessible toilet.
Residents and businesses will have the opportunity to share their views as part of the planning process.
The council is proposing that the new toilets are cleaned and maintained by the café tenant so it does not cost it money, but said the lease and rent payable “will reflect this arrangement”.
Councillor Tim Rowkins, chairman of the city environment, South Downs and the sea committee, said: “The Level has been without a public toilet for too long, and we are very pleased to be bringing forward a new proposal to restore this essential facility.
“The Level is one of our largest open green spaces in the city centre, and it is vital that families with children, people with disabilities or health conditions and the elderly to have a public toilet facility available to them at this location.
“The condition of the building housing the old Velo Café and toilets means that it will require very substantial work to bring it back to life, and that is unfortunately not currently a viable option.
“We urgently need to restore these amenities and the MacLaren Pavilion is the perfect alternative for providing public toilets quickly.”
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