diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_terraform.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy_terraform.yml
index c6937f7a..728292ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_terraform.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy_terraform.yml
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ jobs:
         run: terraform plan -var-file=${STAGE}.tfvars -out=tfplan
 
       - name: Terraform Apply
-        if: env.STAGE == 'prod'
+        if: env.TERRAFORM_APPLY == 'true'
         working-directory: infrastructure/terraform/shared
         run: terraform apply -auto-approve tfplan
-
+ 
   # ============================================================
   # 2️⃣ Build Address 2 UPRN image and Push
   # ============================================================
diff --git a/infrastructure/terraform/lambda/_template/README.md b/infrastructure/terraform/lambda/_template/README.md
index a7282fc9..5bb10627 100644
--- a/infrastructure/terraform/lambda/_template/README.md
+++ b/infrastructure/terraform/lambda/_template/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ### 1. Create the Lambda scaffold
 - Copy the template:
 
-  cp -r lambda/_template lambda/<lambda_name>
+  `cp -r lambda/_template lambda/<lambda_name>`
 
 ---
 
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@
 
   infrastructure/terraform/shared/main.tf
 
-- Apply the shared stack
-    - This requires commenting 'if env.stage == "prod"' in .github/workflows/deploy_terraform.yml
+- Create a PR to deploy this to main then dev in order to deploy the shared stack
 
 - Verify the ECR repository exists in AWS
 
diff --git a/infrastructure/terraform/lambda/categorisation/main.tf b/infrastructure/terraform/lambda/categorisation/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a402a386
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/terraform/lambda/categorisation/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+data "terraform_remote_state" "shared" {
+  backend = "s3"
+  config = {
+    bucket = "assessment-model-terraform-state"
+    key = "env:/${var.stage}/terraform.tfstate"
+    region = "eu-west-2"
+  }
+}
+
+module "lambda" {
+  source = "../modules/lambda_with_sqs"
+
+  name  = "categorisation"
+  stage = var.stage
+
+  image_uri = local.image_uri
+
+
+  environment = merge(
+    {
+      STAGE = var.stage
+      LOG_LEVEL = "info"
+      DB_USERNAME = local.db_credentials.db_assessment_model_username
+      DB_PASSWORD = local.db_credentials.db_assessment_model_password
+    }
+  )
+}
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diff --git a/infrastructure/terraform/lambda/categorisation/provider.tf b/infrastructure/terraform/lambda/categorisation/provider.tf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f983533d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/terraform/lambda/categorisation/provider.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+terraform {
+  required_providers {
+    aws = {
+      source  = "hashicorp/aws"
+      version = "~> 4.16"
+    }
+  }
+
+  backend "s3" {
+    bucket = "categorisation"
+    key    = "terraform.tfstate"
+    region = "eu-west-2"
+  }
+
+  required_version = ">= 1.2.0"
+}
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diff --git a/infrastructure/terraform/lambda/categorisation/variables.tf b/infrastructure/terraform/lambda/categorisation/variables.tf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e4bab243
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infrastructure/terraform/lambda/categorisation/variables.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+variable "lambda_name" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "Logical name of the lambda (e.g. address2uprn)"
+}
+
+variable "stage" {
+  description = "Deployment stage (e.g. dev, prod)"
+  type        = string
+}
+variable "ecr_repo_url" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "ECR repository URL (no tag, no digest)"
+}
+
+variable "image_digest" {
+  type        = string
+  description = "Image digest (sha256:...)"
+}
+
+
+locals {
+  image_uri = "${var.ecr_repo_url}@${var.image_digest}"
+}
+
+output "resolved_image_uri" {
+  value = local.image_uri
+}
diff --git a/infrastructure/terraform/shared/main.tf b/infrastructure/terraform/shared/main.tf
index acf8c281..74906c32 100644
--- a/infrastructure/terraform/shared/main.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/terraform/shared/main.tf
@@ -392,4 +392,19 @@ module "postcode_splitter_s3_read" {
 
 output "postcode_splitter_s3_read_arn" {
   value = module.postcode_splitter_s3_read.policy_arn
+}
+
+################################################
+# Categorisation – Lambda ECR
+################################################
+module "categorisation_state_bucket" {
+  source      = "../modules/tf_state_bucket"
+  bucket_name = "categorisation-terraform-state"
+
+}
+
+module "categorisation_registry" {
+  source = "../modules/container_registry"
+  name   = "categorisation"
+  stage = var.stage
 }
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