Figures revealed this week show Haworth Central Park’s threatened public toilet block is projected to cost almost £3,000 less to run during the current financial year than the other village facility being spared the axe.

The park loos bill is projected to be £31,000 during 2013/14, according to figures released by Bradford Council.

But the total cost compares to £33,848 for the public toilets outside the Bronte Parsonage Museum, which are not under threat of closure.

Figures were provided in response to a request from Worth Valley councillor Glen Miller, who along with his two ward colleagues is opposing the cutbacks.

The breakdown of costs provided includes £22,100 for staffing, £3,535 for repairs and maintenance, an estimated cost of £2,849 for electricity and £1,076 for water.

Bradford Council is arguing it needs to make difficult decisions in order to balance its budget. The council says closing some public toilets across the district will save £210,000 a year.

But opposition to the proposal surfaced again during a meeting of Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury Parish Council on Monday.

Coun Miller said: “Toilets have been the bane of my life from when we closed one in Oxenhope.

“The difference here is to do with how many people use the Haworth Park toilets – they are in an award-winning park and are extremely well used. Closing them just shows no logic or commonsense.”

Highlighting the Tour de France, which will go through the centre of the village next July, parish council chairman Coun John Huxley said: “We have one of the world’s biggest sporting events about to land in Haworth and yet they’re wanting to close one of our two main public toilet blocks.

“It doesn’t bear thinking about. If we’re going to be a tourist destination in the years to come, we need public toilets.

“Maybe we should develop the idea of using the park toilet block for more than just toilets. If it has another use, that could help it sustain itself.”