Outraged wheelchair users have criticised Bradford Council after it revealed only five of its 330 public buildings have adequate disabled access.

The shocking figures come three years into a ten-year plan to update every building with ramps and disabled facilities.

Just five of the public buildings meet standards set down by the Audit Commission.

Council access officer Darryl Smith said: "It's a huge task and three years on we are learning just how huge it is."

He added that plenty had been done in buildings which do not quite meet the required standards to be counted as accessible.

Marilyn Adey of Thackley, whose 13-year-old son Kristian is in a wheelchair, said: "I think it's appalling in Bradford, which is supposedly one of the leading cities. If they spent less on Centenary Square and sculptures and statues and more on making places accessible it would be a leading city."

Carole Beardmore, regional director of the Downs Syndrome Association which has many members in wheelchairs, said she was shocked.

"It's incredible. It's a ridiculous situation to be in," she said.

She said that sometimes only small changes could make a world of difference to someone in a wheelchair.

"It's really hard when you go into a building and it has flowers and amazing lighting and lifts but no access."

Bradford Access Action researcher Peter Ratcliffe said the figures were alarming.

"It is unjust that buildings are inaccessible, especially in a city like Bradford where the issue of access is not as high as a priority as it should be," he said.

Mr Ratcliffe is carrying out a major study for the Chapel Street disability group examining the problems faced by disabled people.

He stressed urgent funding was needed to make buildings accessible for disabled people across the city.

Chairman of the equal rights sub-committee, Councillor Val McMath, said: "Bradford Council is committed to access. We are doing a lot better than many authorities and businesses in Bradford."

The five council buildings which have high standards of disabled access are: Holme Wood Library; the Business and Innovation Centre in Angel Way; the Industrial Museum stable block; Moorcourt Day Centre, Ben Rydding, Ilkley; and Gulberg Community Centre, Park Lane, Little Horton.

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