This accessibility statement applies to www.locatebraintreedistrict.co.uk

It does not apply to websites run by partners or associated organisations

Braintree District Council run this website. 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
• only use a keyboard to navigate most of our website
• navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
• listen to most of the website using a screen reader. This includes the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver
• AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible our website is

We have designed and built our website to meet the Web Content Access guidelines 2.2 AA standard (WCAG).

The colour contrast (WGAC 1.4.1) of our site meets AA standard for:

• buttons
• images
• banners
• All videos we have published after 1st September 2020 have captions or a transcript.

Feedback and contact information

You should contact us if you need information on our website in different formats such as:

• accessible PDF
• large print
• audio recording
• braille

So that we give you a quick response, tell us:

• the web address (URL) of the content
• your name and email address
• the format you need the information in

We will reply to your enquiry within one working day.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We're always looking to improve the accessibility of our website.

You should contact us if you find any issues we haven't listed on this page or think we're not meeting the standard.

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 contact us about an issue and you're not happy with our response, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about this website's accessibility

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

Our website is partially compliant with the WCAG 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed on this page.

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due to the non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

We know some parts of this website are not yet AA accessible:

• our forms timeout without warning and do not let the user adjust when this happens. This doesn't meet success criterion 2.2.1 (timing adjustable)
• empty links. This doesn't meet success criterion 2.4.4 (link purpose in context)
• form error handling. This doesn't meet WCAG success criterion 3.3.1 (error identification)
• untitled frames. This doesn't meet WCAG success criterion 1.3.1 (info and relationships)
• Contrast: Elements must have sufficient colour contrast. This doesn't meet success criterion 1.4.3
• Bypass Blocks and WCAG 4.1.2 Name, Role, Value: Frames must have an accessible name. This doesn't meet success criterion 2.4.1
• Focus Not Obscured. This doesn't meet success criterion 2.4.11
• Images of Text. This doesn't meet success criterion 1.4.5

We are working to fix these and any other accessibility issues. We will make our website fully compliant by February 2022.

How we tested this website

We test our website every week using Siteimprove.

We use Siteimprove to check the whole of our site and report on:

• pages and content that do not meet the WGAC 2.2 AA standard
• issues with CSS validation
• issues with HTML validation
• PDF accessibility including problems with tagging, language definition, headings and labels
• readability of content

We will work with an independent company to audit once a year each September. We will carry out our next audit in September 2021.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

We prepared this statement on 12 August 2021. It was last reviewed on 12 August 2021.