It will include a town centre in the Havering part of the development and will be served by Beam Park railway station.

Much of the land previously part of the Ford Dagenham site is being redeveloped as a joint venture between London and Quadrant and Countryside Properties.

Planning permission was given for 947 additional homes in December 2022 The area was part of the riverside marshes of the parishes of Dagenham and Hornchurch.

The potential for the riverside areas of Barking and Dagenham and Havering to be regenerated was identified in the Thames Gateway Planning Framework published in 1995.

Two areas were marked out to the same scale as the stadium so two sections could be rehearsed at the same time, with a big tent erected as abase of operations for the production team and the hundreds of volunteer performers.

[9] In 2019 Havering Council decided to compulsory purchase land around New Road for redevelopment from light industrial to 880 further homes, in partnership with Notting Hill Genesis.

[17] Transport for London plan to relocate the terminus of bus routes 165 and 365 to Beam Park station.