A LONG-RUNNING saga over where to site Northallerton's toilets has finally ended after plans were unveiled for a 'superloo.'

A site has been agreed by members of Hambleton District Council, which favours demolishing the Applegarth toilets to develop a superloo on the same site.

The closed underground toilets in High Street will be demolished and paved over.

The superloo will see the Applegarth toilets redeveloped and extended to provide toilets for the disabled and baby changing facilities.

Hambleton Council's planning committee has agreed that £76,500 allocated for new High Street toilets, and £34,000 earmarked for refurbishment of those in the Applegarth, should be combined to pay for the superloo. It could be open by this time next year.

Environmental health and housing committee chairman Percy Featherstone said all attempts to find a suitable proposal to build toilets in the High Street had proved fruitless.

But opponents of the scheme said it would leave Northallerton without High Street toilets, despite an assurance by council officers that the nearby 24-hour Tesco store would have public conveniences