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HouseFile UK property licensing checker

MCP serverVerified domain · housefile.appRemote● LiveFree to try

Checks whether a property in England is in a council's selective or HMO licensing scheme

Install

Remote server: your requests and data go to www.housefile.app. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http housefile-uk-property-licensing-checker https://www.housefile.app/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.

What it can do

The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.

  • 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, f
  • 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
  • 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 c
  • 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

KitScout test notes

Not tested by KitScout yet. When our harness runs it, pros, cons and the tasks we tried appear here, with the date and evidence.

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