 In 2005 the area began to be bulldozed for groundwork for an eight-lot subdivision.The dispute was settled when the area was set aside as a reservation, in an agreement forged in February 2007.In 1987, the Victorian Labor government under John Cain attempted to grant some of the Framlingham State Forest to the trust as inalienable title; however, the legislation was blocked by the Liberal Party opposition in the Victorian Legislative Council.