HouseFile UK property licensing checker

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

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check_property_licensing Read-only

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. It works to postcode precision, so near a scheme’s edge it says so. Give occupants and households to settle the mandatory HMO test in England.

postcodestring, required

A full UK postcode in any spacing or case, such as "e8 1dy"

occupantsinteger

How many people live in the property

as_of_datestring

YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to today; at most 24 months ahead

householdsinteger

How many separate households they form

address_linestring

House number or name and street. Accepted, but the lookup works to postcode precision, and the address is never stored

Tools (4)

check_property_licensing

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Argument	Type	Description
postcode*	string	A full UK postcode in any spacing or case, such as "e8 1dy"
occupants	integer	How many people live in the property
as_of_date	string	YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to today; at most 24 months ahead
households	integer	How many separate households they form
address_line	string	House number or name and street. Accepted, but the lookup works to postcode precision, and the address is never stored

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "postcode"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "postcode": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 10,
      "minLength": 5,
      "description": "A full UK postcode in any spacing or case, such as \"e8 1dy\""
    },
    "occupants": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 100,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "How many people live in the property"
    },
    "as_of_date": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to today; at most 24 months ahead"
    },
    "households": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 100,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "How many separate households they form"
    },
    "address_line": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "description": "House number or name and street. Accepted, but the lookup works to postcode precision, and the address is never stored"
    }
  }
}

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_schemes for one council’s detail.

read-only

No arguments.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {}
}

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 returns them to choose from.

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Argument	Type	Description
council*	string	A council name, part of one, or its GSS code, such as "Croydon" or "E09000008"

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "council"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "council": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 100,
      "minLength": 2,
      "description": "A council name, part of one, or its GSS code, such as \"Croydon\" or \"E09000008\""
    }
  }
}

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 the lists stop at the 15 soonest schemes and the 10 latest changes, with the totals; ask for one council to see all of its own.

read-only

Argument	Type	Description
council	string	A council name, part of one, or its GSS code
within_months	integer	Months ahead and back to look, 6 by default

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "properties": {
    "council": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 100,
      "minLength": 2,
      "description": "A council name, part of one, or its GSS code"
    },
    "within_months": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 24,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Months ahead and back to look, 6 by default"
    }
  }
}