Campaigners fighting for new toilets in Bingley fear shoppers will be caught short when the town's last public conveniences close.

Community groups have battled for years for new toilets and now Bradford Council is set to say yes to closing the decrepit Victorian toilets in Myrtle Park.

The Council's executive committee will consider a report on the district's toilets on Tuesday, in which councillors have been asked to approve a new £20,000 superloo in Bingley.

Councillor David Heseltine (Con, Bingley) said he applauded the closure but was worried the superloo would not appear until "the 12th of never".

"Hopefully if funding is found then Bingley will be at the front of the queue but I'm not counting my chickens," he said.

Bingley town centre manager David Dinsey said he hoped money and a site for the superloo would be found soon.

Keith Yardley, chairman of the Better Bingley Campaign which has fought long and hard for new toilets, said he hoped they would be in place for the opening of the relief road, which is on track to be finished in August. "There's been enough flack over the years about Bingley's situation regarding lack of toilets in the town centre and I don't think anyone will be upset to see the old-fashioned toilets close in Myrtle Park," he said.

"If we can be told that at last something will actually happen, and happen soon, then everyone will be delighted, but we'll have to wait and see."

The report said although the Council was not required to provide public toilets, it would continue to do so in major town centres where there was no other provider. "As resources become available action will be taken in Bingley to provide facilities," it added.

Trader Kay Adams, of Kay Crafts, in Chapel Lane, said she feared the town would not attract business and shoppers unless the situation improved.

"The old superloo (in Chapel Lane) hasn't worked for ages and when it did it was always breaking down," she said.