A mother has hit out at the council after she says the authority promised to allow her to build an extension on her home to accommodate her disabled family, but pulled the plans just months later.

Every morning evening Naseem Landi carries her eight-year-old son, Mohammed, up and down the stairs of her home in Lyne Crescent, Walthamstow.

Mohammed suffers from epilepsy, ADHD, aperger's syndrome and severe cognitive impairment.

She also helps her husband, Farezima, who suffers from Ankylosing spondylitis, a condition similar to rheumatoid arthritis.

During the night Mrs Landi has to change her son’s nappy which causes him distress. Every night he screams and wakes the other three children.

Due to Mohammed’s disability, night time fits and the effect it is having on the other children, the family were promised a 4m extension into their garden, funded by the Papworth Trust.

This would allow both Mr and Mrs Landi and Mohammed to sleep downstairs and the other children would sleep upstairs.

However, despite agreeing on the project and having designs drawn in 2012, the build never happened.

The family says the council delayed building and then withdrew permission because so much time had passed between the permission being given and the project starting.

During a second assessment it was decided the work was unnecessary, but a through floor lift would be installed.

Mr and Mrs Landi and Mohammed share the bedroom which the lift would be built into.

“When I was a teacher I told my students to fight for what they believe is right; that is why I am still fighting for this,” Mrs Landi said.

“I don’t understand why they would do this. It doesn't not solve any problems.

“I am in so much pain trying to help both of them, soon I will be disabled. 

“They keep saying they want to put a lift in here which will go in my dining room through to the bedroom. We cannot afford to lose that much space, especially in the room that Mohammed sleeps in.

“Every time I mention the affect on my other children, they say that is not their concern.

“I don’t care about having a big house or lots of bedrooms, I just want the pain for all of us to go away."

On the second visit the council's occupational therapy team questioned the severity of the family's disabilities.

However, the Guardian has seen letters from an independent occupational therapist sent by the council, doctors and surgeons who all suggest the family will suffer further if an extension is not built.

A letter from Mohammed's school also states that he cannot use stairs and Mr Landi's doctor said that he is is 'chronic pain' every day.

The occupational therapist stated that a through-floor lift will cause further problems.

Dr Hailstone, from the Penrhyn surgery in Walthamstow, said the issue must be resolved soon before more ‘unnecessary damage’ is caused to the Landi family.

The council has been asked to comment.