Winchester housing chiefs have revealed there are no more plans to build supported housing on two city estates.

City council planners have already earmarked one site for homes for ex-offenders in Fivefields Road in Highcliffe.

But they have vowed not to consider any further proposals to build the controversial housing schemes on that estate or in Stanmore.

The news comes as members of the council's cabinet are this afternoon set to receive the final report into a £180,000 public consultation on where is best to build affordable homes in Winchester.

The exercise sparked outrage among residents of Highcliffe and Stanmore earlier this year.

It was revealed by the Daily Echo that planning bosses had other plans for some of the sites that residents had suggested could be used for affordable homes.

Instead of cheaper homes for key workers and low-income families, five of the sites put forward were actually being considered for supported housing - homes for ex-offenders, single mums and youngsters coming out of care.

But a final report being presented to Cabinet today states: "It is worth noting that regardless of the outcome of the planning application for the proposed supported housing development at Fivefields Road in Highcliffe, there are no proposals for the further investigation of supported housing in these estates."

The report highlights 14 sites on the two estates as suitable for affordable homes.

They were put forward by residents during consultation last October.

The report also recommends that consultation groups - made up of residents, community leaders and councillors - are formed before any of the schemes reach the planning stage.

Highcliffe councillor Ann Craig said: "On the whole, I think it (the report) reflects very well the views of the people of Highcliffe and Stanmore.

"A lot of the residents of Highcliffe were persuaded to go out and take part in this exercise when it started last year, so it came as a great shock to them when they saw the supported housing scheme was being imposed on them.

"The council are going to have to realise that there's a huge gap between them and the people of Highcliffe and the distrust generated by the supported housing problem."