# Housefile Licensing MCP server

Source: https://glimind.com/server/mcp-registry%2Fapp.housefile%2Flicensing
Registry id: `mcp-registry/app.housefile/licensing`
Status: live (checked 2026-10-27T14:15:00.301Z)

## Measurements (30 days)

- Uptime: 100%
- Checks: 2512
- Outages (90 days): 0

## Install

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "housefile-licensing-mcp-server": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://www.housefile.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

Claude Code:

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

## Tools (4)

- `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 
- `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 co
- `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
- `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 firs

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