A MOTHER has spoken of her dismay after planners blocked a scheme to install a lift for her quadriplegic son.

Lisa Parker said City of York Council was set to reject the proposal for a second time, despite having given her assurances that a revised blueprint was acceptable.

Her son Max, four, has to be carried upstairs to his bedroom and the bathroom of their home in Campleshon Road, York, after developing cerebral palsy and dystonia when he was born 13 weeks prematurely.

Mrs Parker, who has held community events to raise more than £5,000 towards a £10,000 fundraising target towards the cost of the lift, said a council officer had told her the proposal needed altering again and there was insufficient time to redesign the scheme.

She said: "After all of our hard work, communication and working together to get the plans right – to be told one week before the deadline that the plans need changing yet again is disgraceful, heart-breaking, stressful, frustrating and very much a complete waste of our time and effort.

"We do not have time to waste. Max is getting bigger and is still being carried up and down stairs by his parents."

A council spokesman said: “While we are sympathetic towards Ms Parker’s case and we have offered free advice on how the development might be amended, as in all cases the authority has to also bear in mind the effect on neighbouring property and residents."