Neighbours living near the new Asda superstore have said they are fed up with drivers clogging up the roads and parking outside their houses.

Nicky Durkal, who lives on the same street as the London Road supermarket in Barking, says she constantly has to walk around cars parked up on the street.

“I have two young children and it’s terrible,” she added. “People in their cars row and fight because they can’t get through and I can hear that from my house. It starts at 6am every morning and it’s all the time.”

The 43-year-old said the traffic is at its worst on Sundays when rail replacement buses squeeze down the street.

She won’t allow her children, age 14 and seven years old, to walk down the road alone for fear of cars coming up onto the curb.

“We can’t even walk on the pavement and we have to walk around the cars,” she added.

“All my neighbours are angry. People can’t even get through on North Street. People going to the Sikh temple park there too. People have told the council and the council said they were going to do something about it. It’s got worse in the last six months.”

Louise Driscoll who lives in Cowbridge Lane, agrees and believes that the problem has worsened since the new Asda opened in September.

The 36-year-old said the shop has brought more people into the area who are parking on the street to avoid paying in the supermarket’s carpark.

“It’s been a nightmare,” Louise said. “I had someone back up onto the pavement and nearly knock my buggy over.

“If you’re just popping into Asda it’s easier to park on North Street and they [drivers] park on both sides of the road so it’s impossible to get past.”

However, an Asda spokeswoman explained customers can get three hours free parking, regardless of how much they spend in store, and they can do this by simply validating their receipt.

Darshan Singh, the general secretary of the Singh Sabha Gurdwara Sikh temple, said that worshippers don’t need to park on the street as the temple has three car parks of its own.

And a council spokesman said they are aware of the congestion issues in the area and are in the final stages of developing a parking proposal which will “reduce and ease” congestion.

“Our intention is to issue our proposal to properties that may be affected by the scheme in November,” he added.