supported by an appointed Secretary & Treasurer. Four Oaks Estate Ltd submitted in 2019 a Lawful Development Certificate application 2019/03339/PA to Birmingham Council, that was Refused on the grounds that the Estate roads were Highways maintained at private expense, meaning the public enjoy the benefit of a public right of way over the Estate roads for any and all purposes and at all times, the same as any other publicly maintained highway. The plan was to create a large exclusive gated community consisting of 340 houses, by installing 8 sets of perimeter gates on the 8 entrance points into the private residential estate. However it is unlawful to obstruct a highway and also unlawful to obstruct a public right of way, which gates would do. 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. However a subsequent application for Certificates of Lawfulness were subsequently approved by Lichfield Council for 6 sets of perimeter gates, despite Little Aston Park Estate having a public church, golf club, public post box within its grounds, and their Estate roads having an unknown legal owner, meaning the legal owner could not have installed legal signs to prevent dedication of the roads as highways. This raises the question of the legal validity of Little Aston Park's signs installed by residents, and therefore raises the possibility their roads are also highways maintained at private expense and also a public right of way. Transport West Midlands Trains operate a frequent train service from Four Oaks railway station to Lichfield and Redditch on the Cross-City Line via Birmingham New Street and the University of Birmingham. There are also four bus services through Four Oaks operated by National Express West Midlands. The Sutton Park Line is a freight-only railway line that runs from Walsall to Water Orton via Sutton Park. Four Oaks Methodist Church Four Oaks Methodist Church is a Gothic Revival church located next to Four Oaks railway station. Constructed between 1907 and 1908, the church was Grade II listed in 1976. Noted Person Sir Thomas Acquin Martin (1850-1904) - Industrialist. References The Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield - A Commemorative History, Jones, D. V., 1994, Westwood Press