Pre-defined Layers

Pre-defined Layers

Overview

Parish Online has a range of layers pre-included in your account to make getting started with the software much easier. These are ready-to-use layers. Rather than having to create your own layer before you start drawing onto the map, you can use the following pre-built layers.

The benefit of using pre-built layers:
  1. They're ready to use
  2. They've been designed based on years of feedback from local councils
  3. The styling has been created for you already
  4. They cover the vast majority of common uses of the software
  5. There's less to learn when starting to use the software

List of Layers

LAYER NAME COLLECTION GEOMETRY TYPE SHARING TYPE
Benches Asset Register Point Private
Bins Asset Register Point Private
Dog Waste Bins Asset Register Point Private
Buildings Asset Register Point Private
Building Contents Asset Register Point Private
CCTV Equipment Asset Register Point Private
Defibrillators Asset Register Point Collaborative
Grit Bins Asset Register Point Collaborative
Playground Equipment Asset Register Point Private
Machinery, Plant and Equipment Asset Register Point Private
Outdoor Property / Street Furniture Asset Register Point Private
Regalia Asset Register Point Private
Sports Equipment Asset Register Point Private
Street Lights Asset Register Point Private
Trees Asset Register Point Private
Trees (Groups) Asset Register Polygons Private
War Memorials Asset Register Point Private
Walls, Gates & Fences Asset Register Lines Private
Playground Areas Asset Register Polygons Private
Ground Surfaces Asset Register Polygons Private
Land Asset Register Polygons Private
Planning Maps Outlines Planning Polygons Private
Assets of Community Value Neighbourhood Planning Point Private
Biodiversity Corridors Neighbourhood Planning Lines Collaborative
Biodiversity Corridors (Polygons) Neighbourhood Planning Polygons Collaborative
Call for Sites Responses Neighbourhood Planning Polygons Private
HELAA Sites Neighbourhood Planning Polygons Private
Housing Allocation Neighbourhood Planning Polygons Private
Important Views & Vistas Neighbourhood Planning Custom Private
Local Gaps Neighbourhood Planning Polygons Private
Local Green Spaces (Lines) Neighbourhood Planning Lines Private
Local Green Spaces (Polygons) Neighbourhood Planning Polygons Private
Local Open Spaces (Lines) Neighbourhood Planning Lines Private
Local Open Spaces (Polygons) Neighbourhood Planning Polygons Private
Plan Boundary Neighbourhood Planning Polygons Private
Settlement Boundary Extensions Neighbourhood Planning Polygons Private
Renewable Energy Project Sites Neighbourhood Planning Polygons Private
Recognised Village Envelope Neighbourhood Planning Polygons Private
Drainage Sites Neighbourhood Planning Polygons Private
Sewage Sites Neighbourhood Planning Polygons Private
Road Schemes Neighbourhood Planning Lines Private
Cycle Schemes Neighbourhood Planning Lines Collaborative
Allotment Plots Allotments Polygons Private
Allotment Boundaries Allotments Polygons Collaborative
Cemetery Plots Cemeteries Polygons Private
Cemetery Boundaries Cemeteries Polygons Collaborative


Private vs Collaborative

The layers above have a set 'sharing type', described below:
  1. Private. Any information you draw in these layers will only be visible to you and your colleagues within your own Parish Online account
  1. Collaborative. Any information you draw in these layers will be visible to anyone else using Parish Online, and vice versa. For example, you can see biodiversity corridors that others have drawn, and they can see yours. This is to help with joined-up

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