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Accessibility statement for www.brentwood.gov.uk

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This accessibility statement applies to www.brentwood.gov.uk.

This website is run by Brentwood Borough Council. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to: 

  • change colours, contrast levels and fonts 
  • zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen 
  • navigate most of the website using just a keyboard 
  • navigate most of the website using speech recognition software 
  • listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver) 

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand. 

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible this website is

We know parts of this website are not fully accessible:

  • many PDF, Microsoft Word documents and spreadsheets are not fully accessible to screen reader software 
  • live video streams do not have captions
  • the Press Release online search forms is difficult to navigate using just a keyboard 
  • some of our third-party sites, such as the Local Plan portal are not fully accessible and will either be replaced or reviewed as part of an ongoing project.

Feedback and contact information 

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille: 

We will consider your request and get back to you in ten working days. 

Reporting accessibility problems with this website 

We are continuing 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: 

Enforcement procedure 

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS). 

Contacting us by phone or visiting us in person

Our offices have audio induction loops, or if you contact us before your visit, we can arrange a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter.

Find out how to contact us on our Contact details webpage.

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Brentwood Borough Council is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the non-compliances and exemptions listed below.

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reasons.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

  • Text is clipped when resized. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.4.4 Resize text
  • Is there sufficient contrast between the text and background? This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.4.3 Contrast (minimum)
  • Is it clear which page element has focus from the keyboard? This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.4.7 Focus visible
  • Are these links identical? This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.4.9 Link purpose (link only)
  • Do these links (in the same context) go to the same page? This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.4.4 Link purpose (in context)
  • Online forms default toolbar. This fails WCAG 1.3.1 Info and relationships
  • Online forms log in button. This fails WCAG 1.4.3 Contrast minimum

We plan to update the website content or work with our software developer to resolve these issues by 31 December 2021.

Content that is not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

PDFs and other documents

Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. For example, we have PDFs with information on how users can access our services, and forms published as Word documents. We plan to either fix these or replace them with accessible HTML pages or interactive forms as part of an ongoing project.

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services. For example, we do not plan to fix Application for membership of Brentwood Association of Safer Licensed Establishments.

Live video

We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.

What we're doing to improve accessibility

We are working with our website developers to fix outstanding accessibility issues. 

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 21 September 2020. It was last reviewed on 2 November 2021.

This website is tested weekly. The test was carried out by Site Improve. All pages of the site are included in the testing. 

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