Intended to serve a redeveloped former industrial area with extremely poor access to public transport, plans for the station have been in development since at least 2002.

[4] A Grampian condition means the housing development cannot proceed past the first phase until the station is built.

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

[8] In 2002 the London Riverside Urban Strategy proposed new stations on the Barking to Rainham railway line at Renwick Road and Beam Park (identified as CEME).

[12][13] The council submitted a successful bid to the Greater London Authority in 2014 for "Rainham and Beam Park" to become a housing zone, including delivery of the station.

[18] In March 2019 Countryside agreed to provide a station building to a shell and core specification to a design by JSA Architects.

[21] The Greater London Authority submitted a bid for £9.1 million to the Levelling Up Fund in May 2021 to support the construction of the station.

[23] In February 2012 the Department for Transport (DfT) began the process of renewing the Essex Thameside rail franchise by issuing a consultation to stakeholders.

[29] National Express sold the franchise to Trenitalia in 2017. c2c was expecting work on the new station to start in 2018 and to take two years to complete.

[30] In July 2021 the franchise agreement was replaced with a rail contract that also makes provision for a new station at Beam Park.

[34] The Greater London Authority provided a ten year indemnity to protect the DfT against any operational losses.