diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5c7b106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+model_data/local_data/*
diff --git a/backend/docker/Dockerfile b/backend/docker/Dockerfile
index 16aa9b4b..7d35a53a 100644
--- a/backend/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -5,19 +5,22 @@ FROM python:3.10.12-slim-buster
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE 1
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED 1
 
-# Set work directory
-WORKDIR /app
+# Set work directory to the root of your project
+WORKDIR /Model
 
 # Install system dependencies
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y netcat-openbsd
 
 # Install python dependencies
-COPY ./requirements/base.txt ./requirements/base.txt
+COPY ./backend/requirements/base.txt ./backend/requirements/base.txt
+COPY ./model_data/requirements/requirements.txt ./model_data/requirements/requirements.txt
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip
-RUN pip install -r requirements/base.txt
+RUN pip install -r backend/requirements/base.txt
+RUN pip install -r model_data/requirements/requirements.txt
 
 # Copy project
-COPY . .
+COPY ./backend ./backend
+COPY ./model_data ./model_data
 
 # command to run on container start
-CMD ["uvicorn", "app.main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000"]
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+CMD ["uvicorn", "backend.app.main:app", "--host", "0.0.0.0", "--port", "8000"]
diff --git a/backend/requirements/base.txt b/backend/requirements/base.txt
index 33748cea..5a1693c4 100644
--- a/backend/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements/base.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 anyio==3.7.1
 cffi==1.15.1
 click==8.1.3
+cryptography==37.0.4
 ecdsa==0.18.0
 exceptiongroup==1.1.2
 fastapi==0.99.1
@@ -15,4 +16,13 @@ PyJWT==2.7.0
 python-dotenv==1.0.0
 python-jose==3.3.0
 PyYAML==6.0
-cryptography==37.0.4
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+rsa==4.9
+six==1.16.0
+sniffio==1.3.0
+starlette==0.27.0
+typing_extensions==4.7.1
+uvicorn==0.22.0
+uvloop==0.17.0
+watchfiles==0.19.0
+websockets==11.0.3
+boto3
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diff --git a/model_data/ConservationAreaClient.py b/model_data/ConservationAreaClient.py
index a7f1063a..7df8c69f 100644
--- a/model_data/ConservationAreaClient.py
+++ b/model_data/ConservationAreaClient.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import pandas as pd
+from enum import Enum
 import geopandas as gpd
 from shapely.geometry import Point
 from model_data.utils import setup_logger
@@ -39,6 +39,31 @@ class ConservationAreaClient:
         self.gov_data = gpd.read_file(self.gov_path)
         self.gov_data = self.gov_data.drop(columns=["dataset"])
 
+    def is_in_conservation_area(self, coordinates: dict):
+
+        if not coordinates:
+            raise ValueError("Coordinates have not been set, run get_coordinates() first")
+
+        is_in_conservation_area = self.is_in_conservation_area_historic_england(
+            x_bng=coordinates["x_coordinate"],
+            y_bng=coordinates["y_coordinate"]
+        )
+
+        if is_in_conservation_area != "unknown":
+            return is_in_conservation_area
+
+        if is_in_conservation_area == "unknown":
+            # We double check the secondary data source
+            backup = self.is_in_conservation_area_historic_gov(
+                longitude=coordinates["longitude"],
+                latitude=coordinates["latitude"]
+            )
+
+            if backup:
+                return ConservationAreaClient.IN_CONSERVATION_AREA
+            else:
+                return ConservationAreaClient.UNKNOWN
+
     def is_in_conservation_area_historic_england(self, x_bng: float, y_bng: float) -> str:
         """
         Check if a property is in a conservation area
@@ -103,3 +128,9 @@ class ConservationAreaClient:
         distance_meters = distances.min()
 
         return distance_meters
+
+
+class InConservationArea(Enum):
+    IN_CONSERVATION_AREA = ConservationAreaClient.IN_CONSERVATION_AREA
+    NOT_IN_CONSERVATION_AREA = ConservationAreaClient.NOT_IN_CONSERVATION_AREA
+    UNKNOWN = ConservationAreaClient.UNKNOWN
diff --git a/model_data/Property.py b/model_data/Property.py
index 3627a1d1..98b7a0b0 100644
--- a/model_data/Property.py
+++ b/model_data/Property.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ from model_data.config import EPC_AUTH_TOKEN
 from model_data.OpenUprnClient import OpenUprnClient
 from model_data.EpcClean import EpcClean
 from model_data.BaseUtility import BaseUtility
-from model_data.ConservationAreaClient import ConservationAreaClient
 
 
 class Property(BaseUtility):
@@ -117,28 +116,12 @@ class Property(BaseUtility):
                 raise ValueError("Either No attributes or multiple found for %s" % description)
             setattr(self, self.ATTRIBUTE_MAP[description], attributes[0])
 
-    def set_is_in_conservation_area(self, conservation_area_client: ConservationAreaClient):
-
-        if not self.coordinates:
-            raise ValueError("Coordinates have not been set, run get_coordinates() first")
-
-        is_in_conservation_area = conservation_area_client.is_in_conservation_area_historic_england(
-            x_bng=self.coordinates["x_coordinate"],
-            y_bng=self.coordinates["y_coordinate"]
-        )
-
-        self.in_conservation_area = is_in_conservation_area
-        if is_in_conservation_area == "unknown":
-            # We double check the secondary data source
-            backup = conservation_area_client.is_in_conservation_area_historic_gov(
-                longitude=self.coordinates["longitude"],
-                latitude=self.coordinates["latitude"]
-            )
-
-            if backup:
-                self.in_conservation_area = ConservationAreaClient.IN_CONSERVATION_AREA
-            else:
-                self.in_conservation_area = ConservationAreaClient.UNKNOWN
+    def set_is_in_conservation_area(self, in_conservation_area):
+        """
+        Sets whether the property is in a conservation area given the output of the ConservationAreaClient
+        :param in_conservation_area:  string value, indicating whether the property is in a conservation area
+        """
+        self.in_conservation_area = in_conservation_area
 
     def set_year_built(self):
         """
diff --git a/model_data/app.py b/model_data/app.py
index 8e340e9e..7b4f057e 100644
--- a/model_data/app.py
+++ b/model_data/app.py
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ def handler():
 
     # Check if the property is in a conversation area
     for p in input_properties:
-        p.set_is_in_conservation_area(conservation_area_client)
+        in_conservation_area = conservation_area_client.is_in_conservation_area(p.coordinates)
+        p.set_is_in_conservation_area(in_conservation_area)
 
     local_authorities = {p.data['local-authority'] for p in input_properties}
     # TODO: Do this at a constituency level
diff --git a/model_data/requirements/dev.txt b/model_data/requirements/dev.txt
index 1bfe0872..c48188c6 100644
--- a/model_data/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/model_data/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ pytest
 mock
 pytest-cov
 pytest-mock
+pip-check-reqs
diff --git a/model_data/requirements/requirements.txt b/model_data/requirements/requirements.txt
index e12edb31..42e3e369 100644
--- a/model_data/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/model_data/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ python-Levenshtein
 dbfread
 pyproj
 pint
-geopandas
 mip
 seaborn
 statsmodels
diff --git a/model_data/requirements/static.txt b/model_data/requirements/static.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9b8e7c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/model_data/requirements/static.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+geopandas
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