The £100,000 plan to refurbish public toilets in Ilkley's central car park has been postponed by Bradford Council.

The ambitious project would have included new baby changing facilities and an attendant charging 20p to use the toilets.

But in a letter this week Bradford's graffiti removal manager Keith Hammerton says that the work, which had been planned for next month, will not go ahead.

In the letter he said: "In the past, major refurbishments have been funded from cleansing budgets, however, a combination of factors, including the high cost of repairs following vandal attacks, has meant that this source of funding is no longer available."

Planning permission and building control approval had already been granted for the work to be carried out but Mr Hammerton says he cannot say when or if the work will actually get done.

Councillor Keith Thompson (Lab-Wibsey), the Council's head of waste management, said that the authority still planned to carry out the work.

In November vandals carried out a £6,000 wrecking spree at the toilets. The building was closed while repairs were carried out.

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