Four Oaks Estate Ltd submitted in 2019 a planning application 2019/03339/PA to Birmingham Council, that is yet to be determined, to create a large exclusive gated community consisting of 340 houses, by installing 8 sets of perimeter gates on the 8 private road entrance points into the private residential estate. A similar planning application at the neighbouring Little Aston Park similar exclusive private residential estate 1 mile away was recently Refused at a Lichfield Council Planning Committee meeting, and subsequent Planning Inspectorate Appeal Dismissed, as to create a large exclusive gated community would undermine social cohesion by creating social segregation.