Harrogate Borough Council is set to decide next year whether to end same-sex sessions at the town’s Turkish baths.
The council, which runs the baths, told the Stray Ferret today it planned to publish a report based on its recent consultation by early next year.
The council has said a timetable consisting entirely of mixed sessions would reflect “equality and balance”.
It opened an online consultation in July seeking views on the possible axeing of same-sex sessions. The consultation, which ran while the baths were closed, has now finished.
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Harrogate’s Turkish baths remain closed for sessions but have been open since August for treatments only.
A spokesman for the council said it would publish its report on the consultation “in December of possibly January”. A decision will be taken shortly afterwards.
The baths stopped male-only sessions back in 2011 in the wake of reports of “inappropriate behaviour,” only to bring them back five years later.
It is unclear when a new timetable, if implemented, would happen. The government has not indicated when saunas or spa rooms are set to reopen.
