The money raised for a special garden in memory of a nine-year-old girl will now be given to Manorlands hospice.

Casey Mason, from Keighley, was riding her bike along Bradford Road, at Stockbridge, when she was hit by a lorry and died in 2004.

After the tragic incident, residents rallied round to raise thousands of pounds for a memorial garden to be built in Stockbridge, but last year Bradford Council planners rejected the proposals.

Sue Brewer, who had donated the land outside her house as a plot for the garden and who led the fundraising efforts, said the family had now decided to donate the £4,794.54 cash pot to Manorlands.

Mrs Brewer said: "Casey's grandma had cancer and died last month, so Casey's grandfather asked if we could donate the money to Manor-lands in memory of Casey and her grandma.

"Originally we had written a letter to all the residents who donated saying that if the memorial garden did not go through, we would use the money to donate to the charity Candlelighters.

"But circumstances change, and because Casey's grandma was looked after in Manorlands the family think that is the best place for the money to go to."

A bench has also been built and donated by a collaboration of three Keighley businesses in memory of Casey, which Mrs Brewer and Casey's mother, Debbie Haley, also hope to donate to the Oxenhope hospice.

Mrs Brewer said: "We also had some spring' chairs which we purchased with some of the fundraising money and which have gone to Victoria Primary School, in Keighley, because we couldn't have the memorial garden.

"People gave very generously and because the garden hasn't gone ahead that money has just been sat in the bank. People need to know what has happened to it."

Mrs Brewer said that raising money for the planned memorial garden had been a Catch-22 situation.

She said: " If we had not raised the money then we wouldn't have met the planners' requirements, but then we raised the money and they rejected it anyway. It was very disappointing."

The money will be formally presented to Manorlands hospice at a later date.