frontend/src/App.tsx

@@ -12,7 +12,13 @@ import {
 } from './lib/seoRoutes';
 import Header, { type Page } from './components/ui/Header';
 import type { FeatureMeta, FeatureGroup, POICategoriesResponse, POICategoryGroup } from './types';
-import { fetchWithRetry, apiUrl, logNonAbortError, readDemoChoice, setDemoCenter } from './lib/api';
+import {
+  fetchWithRetry,
+  apiUrl,
+  logNonAbortError,
+  readDemoChoice,
+  setDemoCenter,
+} from './lib/api';
 import { trackEvent } from './lib/analytics';
 import { parseUrlState } from './lib/url-state';
 import pb from './lib/pocketbase';
@@ -220,7 +226,8 @@ export default function App() {
   const licensedAtMount = useMemo(
     () =>
       pb.authStore.isValid &&
-      (pb.authStore.record?.subscription === 'licensed' || pb.authStore.record?.is_admin === true),
+      (pb.authStore.record?.subscription === 'licensed' ||
+        pb.authStore.record?.is_admin === true),
     []
   );
   const initialDemoChoice = useMemo(() => {
@@ -248,7 +255,10 @@ export default function App() {
   );
   const activePageRef = useRef<Page>('home');
   const initialViewState = useMemo(
-    () => (mapUrlState.hasExplicitView ? mapUrlState.viewState : (demoView ?? INITIAL_VIEW_STATE)),
+    () =>
+      mapUrlState.hasExplicitView
+        ? mapUrlState.viewState
+        : (demoView ?? INITIAL_VIEW_STATE),
     [mapUrlState.hasExplicitView, mapUrlState.viewState, demoView]
   );
 

frontend/src/components/map/LocationSearch.test.tsx

@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ describe('LocationSearch', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it('keeps only the ten most recent local searches', async () => {
+  it('keeps only the three most recent local searches', async () => {
     vi.stubGlobal(
       'fetch',
       vi.fn((input: string | URL | Request) => {
@@ -416,22 +416,8 @@ describe('LocationSearch', () => {
 
     render(<LocationSearch onFlyTo={vi.fn()} onLocationSearched={vi.fn()} />);
 
-    // Search eleven distinct postcodes; only the ten most recent should be kept.
-    const postcodes = [
-      'SW1A 1AA',
-      'E14 2DG',
-      'W1A 1AA',
-      'EC1A 1BB',
-      'N1 1AA',
-      'M1 1AE',
-      'B33 8TH',
-      'CR2 6XH',
-      'DN55 1PT',
-      'L1 8JQ',
-      'G1 1AA',
-    ];
     const input = screen.getByRole('textbox');
-    for (const postcode of postcodes) {
+    for (const postcode of ['SW1A 1AA', 'E14 2DG', 'W1A 1AA', 'EC1A 1BB']) {
       fireEvent.change(input, { target: { value: postcode } });
       fireEvent.keyDown(input, { key: 'Enter' });
 
@@ -446,13 +432,13 @@ describe('LocationSearch', () => {
     const stored = JSON.parse(window.localStorage.getItem(RECENT_SEARCHES_STORAGE_KEY) ?? '[]') as {
       label?: string;
     }[];
-    // Most recent first, oldest ('SW1A 1AA') dropped past the limit of ten.
+    expect(stored.map((search) => search.label)).toEqual(['EC1A 1BB', 'W1A 1AA', 'E14 2DG']);
-    expect(stored.map((search) => search.label)).toEqual([...postcodes].reverse().slice(0, 10));
 
     fireEvent.focus(input);
 
     await waitFor(() => {
-      expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'G1 1AA' })).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'EC1A 1BB' })).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'W1A 1AA' })).toBeTruthy();
       expect(screen.getByRole('button', { name: 'E14 2DG' })).toBeTruthy();
     });
     expect(screen.queryByText('SW1A 1AA')).toBeNull();

frontend/src/components/map/MapPage.tsx

@@ -522,12 +522,7 @@ export default function MapPage({
       setDemoPromptOpen(false);
       // handleFlyTo uses map.jumpTo (instant) — no flashing 403s through
       // intermediate viewports; the move triggers a refetch carrying demoLat/Lon.
-      mapFlyToRef.current?.(
+      mapFlyToRef.current?.(center.lat, center.lon, INITIAL_VIEW_STATE.zoom, getMobileMapFlyToOptions());
-        center.lat,
-        center.lon,
-        INITIAL_VIEW_STATE.zoom,
-        getMobileMapFlyToOptions()
-      );
     };
     if (typeof navigator === 'undefined' || !navigator.geolocation) {
       setDemoLocationError(t('locationSearch.geolocationUnsupported'));

frontend/src/components/map/PropertiesPane.test.tsx

@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ describe('buildTimelineEvents', () => {
             { year: 2019, status: 'Rented (private)' },
             { year: 2023, status: 'Owner-occupied' },
           ],
-        })
+        }),
-      )
+      ),
     ).toEqual(['tenure:Owner-occupied:2023', 'tenure:Rented (private):2019']);
   });
 
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ describe('buildTimelineEvents', () => {
             { year: 2024, month: 1, price: 300_000 },
           ],
           tenure_history: [{ year: 2020, status: 'Rented (private)' }],
-        })
+        }),
-      )
+      ),
     ).toEqual(['tenure:Rented (private):2020', 'sale:2015']);
   });
 

frontend/src/hooks/useLocationSearch.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type { AddressResult, PlaceResult } from '../types';
 import { authHeaders, logNonAbortError } from '../lib/api';
 
 const RECENT_SEARCHES_STORAGE_KEY = 'perfect-postcode.locationSearch.recent';
-const RECENT_SEARCH_LIMIT = 10;
+const RECENT_SEARCH_LIMIT = 3;
 
 /** Matches a full UK postcode with complete inward code (e.g. "E14 2DG", "SW1A1AA").
  *  Outcodes like "E14" or "SW1A" intentionally do NOT match — they go through /api/places instead. */

frontend/src/i18n/locales/en.ts

@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ const en = {
     body: 'Want to see property data around you? Use your location, or start the demo at Canary Wharf.',
     useLocation: 'Use my location',
     locating: 'Locating…',
-    useDefault: 'Show London',
+    useDefault: 'Show Canary Wharf',
   },
 
   // ── Mobile Drawer ──────────────────────────────────

frontend/src/lib/map-utils.test.ts

@@ -29,9 +29,8 @@ describe('map utilities', () => {
     expect(zoomToResolution(6.9)).toBe(5);
     expect(zoomToResolution(7)).toBe(6);
     expect(zoomToResolution(10.6)).toBe(8);
-    expect(zoomToResolution(12)).toBe(9);
+    expect(zoomToResolution(14)).toBe(8);
-    expect(zoomToResolution(14)).toBe(9);
+    expect(SMALLEST_VISIBLE_HEXAGON_RESOLUTION).toBe(8);
-    expect(SMALLEST_VISIBLE_HEXAGON_RESOLUTION).toBe(9);
   });
 
   it('computes exact viewport bounds by default', () => {

frontend/src/lib/overlays.ts

@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ export interface OverlayDefinition {
   label: string;
   description: string;
   detail: string;
-  /** Enabled on a fresh visit (no `overlay` URL params). */
-  defaultEnabled?: boolean;
 }
 
 export const OVERLAYS: OverlayDefinition[] = [
@@ -30,7 +28,6 @@ export const OVERLAYS: OverlayDefinition[] = [
     description: 'Approximate police.uk street-crime heatmap',
     detail:
       'Client-side heatmap of street-level crimes published by police.uk over the most recent months. Police.uk coordinates are anonymised snap-to-grid points, not exact offence locations, so the heatmap should be read as an approximation of relative density rather than a precise map of incidents.',
-    defaultEnabled: true,
   },
   {
     id: 'trees-outside-woodlands',
@@ -38,7 +35,6 @@ export const OVERLAYS: OverlayDefinition[] = [
     description: 'Tree canopy and woodland polygons',
     detail:
       'Forest Research Trees Outside Woodland (TOW) v1 canopy polygons — lone trees and groups of trees — unioned with National Forest Inventory (NFI) woodland blocks (≥0.5 ha) that TOW deliberately excludes. Together they cover both street trees and actual woods. Polygon opacity scales with canopy area.',
-    defaultEnabled: true,
   },
   {
     id: 'property-borders',
@@ -49,11 +45,6 @@ export const OVERLAYS: OverlayDefinition[] = [
   },
 ];
 
-/** Overlays shown on a fresh visit, before any `overlay` URL params apply. */
-export const DEFAULT_OVERLAY_IDS: OverlayId[] = OVERLAYS.filter((o) => o.defaultEnabled).map(
-  (o) => o.id
-);
-
 const OVERLAY_ID_SET = new Set<string>(OVERLAY_IDS);
 
 export function isOverlayId(value: string): value is OverlayId {

frontend/src/lib/url-state.test.ts

@@ -196,32 +196,6 @@ describe('url-state', () => {
     expect(state.overlays).toEqual(new Set(['noise', 'crime-hotspots']));
   });
 
-  it('enables crime + trees overlays by default on a fresh visit', () => {
-    const state = parseUrlState();
-
-    expect(state.overlays).toEqual(new Set(['crime-hotspots', 'trees-outside-woodlands']));
-  });
-
-  it('round-trips an explicit "all overlays off" via the __none sentinel', () => {
-    const params = stateToParams(
-      null,
-      {},
-      [],
-      new Set(),
-      'area',
-      undefined,
-      undefined,
-      new Set()
-    );
-
-    expect(params.getAll('overlay')).toEqual(['__none']);
-
-    window.history.replaceState({}, '', `/?${params.toString()}`);
-    const state = parseUrlState();
-
-    expect(state.overlays).toEqual(new Set());
-  });
-
   it('round-trips satellite basemap selection', () => {
     const params = stateToParams(
       null,

frontend/src/lib/url-state.ts

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ import {
   type PoiFilterName,
 } from './poi-distance-filter';
 import { dedupeTravelTimeEntries } from './travel-params';
-import { isOverlayId, DEFAULT_OVERLAY_IDS, type OverlayId } from './overlays';
+import { isOverlayId, type OverlayId } from './overlays';
 import { CRIME_TYPES, isCrimeTypeValue } from './crime-types';
 import { isBasemapId, type BasemapId } from './basemaps';
 import {
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ import {
 
 const POI_NONE_PARAM = '__none';
 const CRIME_TYPES_NONE_PARAM = '__none';
-const OVERLAY_NONE_PARAM = '__none';
 const CRIME_OVERLAY_ID: OverlayId = 'crime-hotspots';
 
 export interface UrlState {
@@ -228,7 +227,7 @@ export function parseUrlState(): UrlState {
     hasExplicitView: false,
     filters: parseFilters(params),
     poiCategories: new Set(),
-    overlays: new Set(DEFAULT_OVERLAY_IDS),
+    overlays: new Set(),
     basemap: 'standard',
     colorOpacity: DEFAULT_COLOR_OPACITY,
     tab: 'area',
@@ -267,14 +266,9 @@ export function parseUrlState(): UrlState {
     }
   }
 
-  // Overlays default to DEFAULT_OVERLAY_IDS on a fresh visit; explicit `overlay`
-  // params override that, and the `__none` sentinel records "all off" so it
-  // survives a reload instead of silently restoring the defaults.
   const overlayParams = params.getAll('overlay');
   if (overlayParams.length > 0) {
-    result.overlays = overlayParams.includes(OVERLAY_NONE_PARAM)
+    result.overlays = new Set(overlayParams.filter(isOverlayId));
-      ? new Set()
-      : new Set(overlayParams.filter(isOverlayId));
   }
 
   // Crime-type filter: repeated `crimeType` params, or the `__none` sentinel.
@@ -457,14 +451,8 @@ export function stateToParams(
   }
 
   if (selectedOverlays) {
-    if (selectedOverlays.size === 0) {
+    for (const overlay of selectedOverlays) {
-      // Distinguish a deliberate "all overlays off" from a fresh visit, which
+      params.append('overlay', overlay);
-      // would otherwise re-apply the defaults on reload.
-      params.append('overlay', OVERLAY_NONE_PARAM);
-    } else {
-      for (const overlay of selectedOverlays) {
-        params.append('overlay', overlay);
-      }
     }
   }
 

server-rs/src/data/property/address_search.rs

@@ -320,7 +320,6 @@ pub(super) fn build_address_prefix_index(
     for tokens in prefix_index.values_mut() {
         tokens.sort_unstable();
         tokens.dedup();
-        tokens.shrink_to_fit();
     }
 
     prefix_index

server-rs/src/data/property/loading.rs

@@ -827,18 +827,6 @@ impl PropertyData {
                 }
             }
         }
-
-        // Reclaim geometric-growth slack. `address_search_token_keys` and the
-        // posting lists are built by repeated `push`, so their capacity rounds up
-        // to the next doubling step; at full UK scale (88M row-token keys, 39M
-        // postings) that slack is ~250MB of permanently-resident waste. These
-        // tables live for the whole process, so shrinking once at build time is
-        // a pure win with no behaviour change.
-        address_search_token_keys.shrink_to_fit();
-        for postings in address_token_index.values_mut() {
-            postings.shrink_to_fit();
-        }
-
         // Keep every distinctive token: common road words ("high", "church", "station") are
         // exactly what people search, and dropping them made those roads unsearchable while a
         // prefix fallback surfaced the wrong street ("Highbury" for "High"). The candidate scan
@@ -850,10 +838,7 @@ impl PropertyData {
             .max()
             .unwrap_or(0);
         let address_prefix_index = build_address_prefix_index(&address_token_index);
-        // Resolve-only view: scoring only ever calls `.resolve(spur)`, never
+        let address_search_interner = address_search_rodeo.into_reader();
-        // `.get(str)`, so we drop the string->key reverse map that a RodeoReader
-        // would keep (~tens of MB of hashmap we never touch).
-        let address_search_interner = address_search_rodeo.into_resolver();
         let address_postings_count: usize = address_token_index.values().map(Vec::len).sum();
         tracing::info!(
             tokens = address_token_index.len(),
@@ -876,9 +861,6 @@ impl PropertyData {
                 .or_default()
                 .push(new_row as u32);
         }
-        for rows in postcode_row_index.values_mut() {
-            rows.shrink_to_fit();
-        }
         let postcode_interner = postcode_rodeo.into_reader();
 
         let row_to_poi_metric_idx: Vec<u32> = if poi_metrics.is_empty() {
@@ -932,7 +914,8 @@ impl PropertyData {
 
         // Re-key tenure_history by permuted row index
         let tenure_history: FxHashMap<u32, Vec<TenureEvent>> = {
-            let mut map = FxHashMap::with_capacity_and_hasher(tenure_raw.len(), Default::default());
+            let mut map =
+                FxHashMap::with_capacity_and_hasher(tenure_raw.len(), Default::default());
             for (new_row, &old_row) in perm.iter().enumerate() {
                 if let Some(events) = tenure_raw.remove(&old_row) {
                     map.insert(new_row as u32, events);

server-rs/src/data/property/mod.rs

@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@ pub struct PropertyData {
     /// Prefix lookup from typed address-token prefix to indexed full address tokens.
     address_prefix_index: FxHashMap<String, Vec<String>>,
     /// Interned normalized address-search tokens used for per-row scoring.
-    /// Resolve-only (no string->key reverse map): scoring only resolves keys.
+    address_search_interner: lasso::RodeoReader,
-    address_search_interner: lasso::RodeoResolver,
     /// Flat per-row normalized address-search token keys.
     address_search_token_keys: Vec<lasso::Spur>,
     /// Offset into `address_search_token_keys` for each row.
@@ -244,7 +243,7 @@ impl PropertyData {
             postcode_row_index: FxHashMap::default(),
             address_token_index: FxHashMap::default(),
             address_prefix_index: FxHashMap::default(),
-            address_search_interner: lasso::Rodeo::default().into_resolver(),
+            address_search_interner: lasso::Rodeo::default().into_reader(),
             address_search_token_keys: Vec::new(),
             address_search_token_offsets: Vec::new(),
             address_search_token_lengths: Vec::new(),

server-rs/src/demo_zone.rs

@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ fn demo_center_from_query(query: Option<&str>) -> Option<(f64, f64)> {
 
 /// Resolve a request's demo zone from its query params, falling back to Canary Wharf.
 pub fn resolve_demo_zone(query: Option<&str>) -> DemoZone {
-    let (lat, lon) =
+    let (lat, lon) = demo_center_from_query(query)
-        demo_center_from_query(query).unwrap_or((FREE_ZONE_FALLBACK_LAT, FREE_ZONE_FALLBACK_LON));
+        .unwrap_or((FREE_ZONE_FALLBACK_LAT, FREE_ZONE_FALLBACK_LON));
     DemoZone {
         free_zone: free_zone_around(lat, lon),
     }

server-rs/src/licensing.rs

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ use url::form_urlencoded;
 
 use crate::auth::PocketBaseUser;
 use crate::consts::{
-    MAX_SHARE_LAT_SPAN, MAX_SHARE_LON_SPAN, MAX_SHARE_ZOOM, MIN_SHARE_ZOOM,
+    MAX_SHARE_LAT_SPAN, MAX_SHARE_LON_SPAN, MAX_SHARE_ZOOM, MIN_SHARE_ZOOM, SHARE_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES,
-    SHARE_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES, SHARE_CACHE_TTL_SECS,
+    SHARE_CACHE_TTL_SECS,
 };
 use crate::demo_zone::FreeZone;
 use crate::pocketbase::get_superuser_token;

server-rs/src/ratelimit.rs

@@ -127,10 +127,7 @@ fn is_internal_request(headers: &HeaderMap, peer: Option<IpAddr>) -> bool {
 fn filter_count(query: &str) -> usize {
     for (key, value) in form_urlencoded::parse(query.as_bytes()) {
         if key == "filters" {
-            return value
+            return value.split(";;").filter(|entry| !entry.trim().is_empty()).count();
-                .split(";;")
-                .filter(|entry| !entry.trim().is_empty())
-                .count();
         }
     }
     0
@@ -160,10 +157,7 @@ pub async fn demo_guard_middleware(req: Request, next: Next) -> Response {
     }
 
     // Licensed users and admins bypass demo guards entirely.
-    let user = req
+    let user = req.extensions().get::<OptionalUser>().and_then(|u| u.0.clone());
-        .extensions()
-        .get::<OptionalUser>()
-        .and_then(|u| u.0.clone());
     if let Some(u) = &user {
         if u.is_admin || u.subscription == "licensed" {
             return next.run(req).await;

server-rs/src/routes/actual_listings.rs

@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ const KEEP_UNKNOWN_LISTING_FILTER_FEATURES: &[&str] = &[
     "Leasehold/Freehold",
     "Number of bedrooms & living rooms",
     "Property type",
-    "Construction year",
-    "Interior height (m)",
-    "Current energy rating",
-    "Potential energy rating"
 ];
 const LISTING_BOUNDS_EPSILON_DEGREES: f64 = 0.00001;
 
@@ -75,12 +71,7 @@ pub async fn get_actual_listings(
         require_bounds(params.bounds).map_err(IntoResponse::into_response)?;
 
     let share_bounds = resolve_share_code(&state, params.share.as_deref()).await;
-    check_license_bounds(
+    check_license_bounds(&user.0, (south, west, north, east), geo.free_zone, share_bounds)?;
-        &user.0,
-        (south, west, north, east),
-        geo.free_zone,
-        share_bounds,
-    )?;
 
     let quant = state.data.quant_ref();
     let poi_quant = state.data.poi_metrics.quant_ref();

server-rs/src/routes/export.rs

@@ -502,12 +502,7 @@ pub async fn get_export(
     }
 
     let share_bounds = resolve_share_code(&state, params.share.as_deref()).await;
-    check_license_bounds(
+    check_license_bounds(&user.0, (south, west, north, east), geo.free_zone, share_bounds)?;
-        &user.0,
-        (south, west, north, east),
-        geo.free_zone,
-        share_bounds,
-    )?;
 
     let quant = state.data.quant_ref();
     let poi_quant = state.data.poi_metrics.quant_ref();

server-rs/src/routes/filter_counts.rs

@@ -41,12 +41,7 @@ pub async fn get_filter_counts(
     let (south, west, north, east) =
         require_bounds(params.bounds).map_err(IntoResponse::into_response)?;
     let share_bounds = resolve_share_code(&state, params.share.as_deref()).await;
-    check_license_bounds(
+    check_license_bounds(&user.0, (south, west, north, east), geo.free_zone, share_bounds)?;
-        &user.0,
-        (south, west, north, east),
-        geo.free_zone,
-        share_bounds,
-    )?;
 
     let quant = state.data.quant_ref();
     let poi_quant = state.data.poi_metrics.quant_ref();

server-rs/src/routes/hexagons.rs

@@ -263,12 +263,7 @@ pub async fn get_hexagons(
         require_bounds(params.bounds).map_err(IntoResponse::into_response)?;
 
     let share_bounds = resolve_share_code(&state, params.share.as_deref()).await;
-    check_license_bounds(
+    check_license_bounds(&user.0, (south, west, north, east), geo.free_zone, share_bounds)?;
-        &user.0,
-        (south, west, north, east),
-        geo.free_zone,
-        share_bounds,
-    )?;
 
     let quant = state.data.quant_ref();
     let poi_quant = state.data.poi_metrics.quant_ref();

server-rs/src/routes/postcodes.rs

@@ -62,12 +62,7 @@ pub async fn get_postcodes(
         require_bounds(params.bounds).map_err(IntoResponse::into_response)?;
 
     let share_bounds = resolve_share_code(&state, params.share.as_deref()).await;
-    check_license_bounds(
+    check_license_bounds(&user.0, (south, west, north, east), geo.free_zone, share_bounds)?;
-        &user.0,
-        (south, west, north, east),
-        geo.free_zone,
-        share_bounds,
-    )?;
 
     let quant = state.data.quant_ref();
     let poi_quant = state.data.poi_metrics.quant_ref();