Despite a damning report from an appeal judge, plans for a Winchester park and ride extension are not dead, says a county spokesman.

The scheme was turned down in the High Court because it was ruled that the county council had not earmarked appropriate "mitigation" landset aside to compensate Winchester people for losing Bar End meadows.

In his report on Hampshire County Council's appeal over a decision not to allow the scheme to go ahead, the Rt Hon Lord Justice Sedley, said he thought local authority resources should have been better used in taking a decision.

But a Hampshire County Council spokesman said this week that officers were now gearing up to finding another site.

"We're very committed to the principle of park and ride. We're going back to look at all the sites in detail again."

Areas being studied include land south of Morestead Road, land east of St Catherine's Hill, land adjoining Alresford Road and Magdalen Meadows itself and land south of Oliver's Battery.

Plans will be open for public comment before being submitted to the county regulatory committee in the coming weeks.

However, Winchester Meadows Conservation Alliance campaigner, Keith Story, warned that the council could face more legal action if the new plans are too similar to the old ones.

"If it goes through the regulatory committee I would expect there to be additional legal action, relating to the previous case. If the council shows contempt of that decision they will be in trouble again in the courts.

"The council's plans are no more than a representation of what they did before. I have looked at them and the information they have given is woefully inadequate. It's full of errors and it's disgraceful really."

The plans are on display at the county council planning offices, at Ashburton Court, The Castle, Winchester and at Winchester City Council's planning department, in Avalon House, Chesil Street.