Waltham Forest has been rated the third worst outer London borough for parking provision at new-build housing developments.

A report published by the Greater London Authority (GLA) Conservatives shows there are 0.42 off-street parking spaces per new home on average in the borough - compared to the outer London average of 0.73. 

The findings in Parking Up: Increasing car spaces in new developments found six in 10 new homes approved in Waltham Forest since 2011 do not have a parking space, and there is fewer than two spcaes for every four homes.  

Behind Waltham Forest is Kingston and Sutton, both with 0.37 spaces per housing unit, whereas neighbouring borough Redbridge is better than the outer London ratio with 0.91 for every home.

According to TfL, 57 per cent of households in Waltham Forest have access to a car. 

GLA report author Steve O'Connell, is calling on car parking limits set out by the London Plan to be scrapped in outer London so that local authorities are given their own flexibility to set their own minimum and maximum car parking levels. 

Current parking standards for residential developments with one or two bedrooms is under 1 space  per unit and 1.5 spaces for three to four bedroom units. The maximum limit for a four-bedroom home is 2 spaces.       

All developments in areas that are well served by public transport are expected to aim for 'significantly less' parking provision and some are modelled as 'car free'.  

Andrew Boff, GLA Conservatives assembly member, said: "We must make sure that new homes have sufficient off-street parking spaces.

"Areas such as Waltham Forest have high levels of car ownership and limited public transport provision, compared with central areas of London.

"It is ludicrous that some new developments have an average of just 0.37 spaces per home."

Residents living at a new 253-home Tesco development in Highams Park last year described the parking situation as "mayhem" claiming Waltham Forest council had issued more permits than spaces, leading to tensions in the community. 

Father-of-one Asif Yusuf, 40, of Jacks Farm Way, said the situation is still a "nightmare".

"They want people to give up driving, but they never made this clear at the point of buying your home," he said.

"My son goes to school outside of the catchment area because he missed out on a place locally, what do they expect me to do?

"This report doesn’t surprise me, it just makes me really angry.

"I don’t like the idea of an idealistic transport policy because it suits some but not everyone."

At the time deputy leader and cabinet member for environment, councillor Clyde Loakes, said the permit policy promotes sustainable forms of transport.

Other large-scale housing developments approved since 2011 with limited car parking include Wood Street Library car park with 9 spaces for 21 units and the redevelopment of Ferry Lane Industrial Estate with 311 new homes and 230 car spaces.