A businessman has welcomed a council pledge to look again at controversial plans for parking charges at Barry Island.
A decision on whether to close the multi-storey car park at Court Road was also put on hold following a Cabinet meeting on Thursday.
The on-street charges would affect locations along the seafronts of both areas, where car parking is currently free for two hours.
Vale of Glamorgan Council said the move would help increase turnover in two busy seaside locations and help fund the maintenance of resorts.
But the plans prompted widespread criticism from business owners who fear it will drive away vital winter-time trade and cause shops to close.
Reacting to the news, Louis Ross, who owns Barrybados, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS): "It is a very positive step. I am glad that the council have listened, taken in all of the feedback from the campaign."
"Hopefully, they will realise what they proposed was going to hurt the island trade all year around and we are hopeful of finding a solution that suits the council and the traders and the public over the next few weeks.”
Mr Ross started a petition against the proposed parking charges for Barry Island, which has since attracted more than 3,300 signatures.
The planned on-street charges would affect Paget Road, Breaksea Drive, Friars Road, and Station Approach Road.
The Court Road car park, which has been earmarked for closure, costs Vale of Glamorgan Council around £80,000 a year to operate.
Louis said he had tried multiple times, along with other local business owners, to meet with council officals to discuss the proposals.
He added: “We are hopeful to get a meeting with them so we can have a proper discussion and…let the council know first hand what damage this is going to do in the long term and for the island."
“If they’d implemented it the way...they said they would, I think it would have hurt peoples’ jobs in the long run.”
The leader of the Plaid Cymru group on the council, Cllr Ian Johnson, said Barry town centre was already full “to bursting point” and warned closing the multi-storey car park would cause a “huge headache for shoppers”.
The proposals for Penarth seafront, which affect The Esplanade, Cliff Hill, Cliff Parade, and sections of Beach Road and Bridgeman Road, have led to a similar petition attracting close to 3,000 signatures.
A final decision on the parking plans for both towns will be made at a future Vale of Glamorgan Council cabinet meeting once additional work has been carried out.
Additional reporting by Ted Peskett - Local Democracy Reporter for Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan
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