Early deliveries at a Wimbledon Village supermarket are causing morning misery, residents have claimed.

Merton Council has already taken action over planning and parking infringements by the Tesco Express store in Wimbledon Hill Road - but residents say the problems are still going on.

They say deliveries before 8am create excessive noise and cause traffic chaos in the area around the shop. One neighbour, who asked not be named, said: “Where I live you can hear these lorries early in the morning. It bothers me more at weekends and on bank holidays.”

He added: “It’s dangerous during rush hour. It just doesn’t work - it’s as simple as that.”

A council spokeswoman said wardens had issued tickets and spoken to the company about its suppliers, asking them if they could deliver in smaller vans or at times which did not interrupt the local area and traffic. She said in the past Tesco had breached a planning condition related to bank holiday deliveries, but after residents’ complaints the store had changed its delivery times.

She added that officers did not see any infringements of planning law when they visited the supermarket at the weekend, but would continue to monitor the situation.

One resident said the supermarket seemed able to get away with causing traffic problems because wardens did not patrol the area early in the morning.

In January 2008 the supermarket’s evening opening time was extended by two hours to 11pm, when a council planning decision blocking the move was overturned on appeal.

The store now opens between 8am and 11pm six days a week, and from 8am to 5pm on Sundays.

Tesco refused to comment on the residents’ complaints.