ACCESSABILITY STATEMENT
This accessibility statement applies to Cutsdean Parish Council (known as “the Council”)
This website is run by Cutsdean Parish Council. We want as many people as possible to use this website. For example that means you should be able to:
We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.
We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible
Accessibility of the Council website relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:
These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used and we cannot guarantee that the site will work fully on older versions of assistive technology
We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the Council website. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on the Council website:
We try to respond to feedback within 7 business days
We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact the Council Clerk via email at clerk@cutsdeanparishcouncil.co.uk or phone – 01386 584083
Enforcement procedure-
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (websites and Mobile Applications) (No2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you are not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS), (https://www.equalityadvisoryservice.com/).
Cutsdean Parish Council is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. The Council website is partially conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard (detailed below).
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of the Council website, there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations, and potential solutions. Please contact us if you observe an issue not listed below.
The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.
At the present time, we have not identified any specific issues that would be of disproportionate burden.
Navigation and accessing information
We believe most tools should work with this site, but this maybe dependant on the version you are using.
The following is exempt from the Accessibility regulations
Documents, including PDF’s, relating to the Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR) are provided by an external source and are outside the control of the Council. These documents are not covered by the regulations (Part 1 – Section 4(2)(e)).These items may contain interactive forms and scanned images and may not work with screen readers. We will continue to request that these documents are made accessible, even though they are from a third party.