PLANS to impose parking restrictions along Grimsby Road, in Cleethorpes, have been dropped.
North East Lincolnshire Council will not limit waiting times on the road, after being inundated with objections.
Councillor Peter Wheatley, the portfolio holder for regeneration and environment, had approved the two-hour waiting restriction last month.
That followed a petition by residents and businesses calling for action to stop parked cars for sale clogging up on-street parking bays.
However, the move angered residents, who said they would no longer be able to park outside their homes.
Councillor Wheatley said: "In the light of the objections I think this is the right decision. We realised very rapidly that the implications of this would be very severe along that stretch of road into Cleethorpes."
The council says it is now investigating alternative means of dealing with cars for sale along public highway.
Grimsby Road residents are delighted.
Mandy Mortlock said: "I'm very happy. We have three vehicles but we can only fit two on the drive. If there had been a two-hour limit I don't know what we would have done. But we are lucky. At least we have got a drive – other residents haven't.
"It's good for the people living on the side streets because more cars would have been parking there."
Christine Stark, 73, said: "I'm pleased that the council has seen sense. I have three family members that come to visit me by car and if they had put these restrictions in they would have had to come out every two hours to move their cars.
"But the cars for sale are a problem because they stop people who want to go to the shops from parking."
John Brice, 71, owner of Quix News, said: "I think the council has seen sense. I'm fortunate in that my car is garaged, but these restrictions would have affected the hairdressers we have on this road.
"I do understand the concerns about the cars for sale, but I think the council needs to come at it from a different direction."
Jeff Tanner, 54, said: "I'm over the moon. I have one car on the drive and one on the road. Having to go out and keep moving it every two hours would have been a nightmare.
"There has got to be a better way of dealing with the problem."