HouseFile UK property licensing checker

Connect it to your AI

Claude Code

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

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other apps

Add it as a custom connector with this URL (Streamable HTTP):

https://www.housefile.app/mcp

Cursor, VS Code and other apps (mcp.json)

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

Tools it offers

4 tools, as the server itself reported during our check on Oct 31, 2026.

• check_property_licensingLooks 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 H
• list_council_schemesLists 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,
• upcoming_licensing_changesWhat’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 ah
• licensing_coverageWhich 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 use

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