HouseFile UK property licensing checker

What you can do with it

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• Connection: Runs in the cloud
• Transport: Streamable HTTP
• Category: Other

Install

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You need

• Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet

Which app do you use?

https://www.housefile.app/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http licensing https://www.housefile.app/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "licensing": {
      "url": "https://www.housefile.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "licensing": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.housefile.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

https://www.housefile.app/mcp

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What it can do

Tool names and descriptions exactly as the server reported them on Nov 7, 2026. The maker wrote them, not us; we show them as plain text.

• check_property_licensing

  Looks up a postcode in England in HouseFile’s records of council licensing schemes and returns each scheme in force there, with its dates, fee, source link and the date the records were last verified, plus the national HMO rule. Schemes not in force yet are listed under upcoming.

• list_council_schemes

  Lists a council’s licensing schemes from HouseFile’s records: in force, starting soon, proposed, and ended in the last 12 months, each with its area, dates, fee, source link and last verified date. Takes a council name, part of a name or a GSS code. If several councils match, it

• upcoming_licensing_changes

  What’s coming: schemes proposed or starting soon, and recent changes to schemes in HouseFile’s records (started, ended, fee, dates or area changed), newest first. Optionally for one council, and for a number of months ahead and back (6 by default, at most 24). For all councils th

• licensing_coverage

  Which councils HouseFile’s records cover: each council with published schemes, with how many, how many are in force and when they were last verified, and the councils checked and found to run none. Use it to tell the user honestly whether their area is covered, and list_council_s

Basic checksi

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• ! Caution

  Maker matches the repo

  The registry lists no source repo, so we cannot match the publisher (housefile.app) to the code

• … Not checked yet

  Still maintained

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

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  Has a licence

  We have not read this repo from GitHub yet

• ✓ Pass

  Endpoint responds

  Responded in 643 ms (HTTP 200)

• – Not applicable

  Sign-in with OAuth

  No sign-in needed

• ✓ Pass

  No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

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Compared with others in Otheri

• More stars than 0% of the other 18696 servers in this category
• Published to the registry more recently than 72% of the other 18696 servers in this category
• Basic checks equal to or better than 37% of the other 18696 servers in this category

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