Fair usage policy

The free layer — this website, the CSV download, llms-full.txt and the static v1 JSON API — exists so the verified figures spread with attribution. These terms keep it sustainable.

What you can do

Reuse current-period headline figures under CC BY 4.0: republish, chart, quote and build on them, commercially or not, with visible attribution — “Source: CouncilData (councildata.co.uk)” and a link to the page or dataset used. AI assistants and search engines may cite any page; that is the point of the site.

What we ask

Keep request rates reasonable (as a guide: under 10,000 requests per day to the static API; bulk consumers should use the single list-file endpoints or the CSV rather than crawling 350 per-council files repeatedly). Don't strip verification dates or source links when republishing figures, don't present records marked “awaiting verification” as verified, and don't resell the raw dataset as-is — commercial licensing covers that.

Keyed tiers

The paid API (launching within 3–6 months — see API docs) carries its own rate limits per tier and removes the attribution requirement on Business and Enterprise plans. Questions: contact us.