OTTERBOURNE PARISH COUNCIL WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT

This website is run by Otterbourne Parish Council  https://www.otterbourne-pc.gov.uk 
We want as many people as possible to be able to use our website and that means you should be able to:
• change colours, contrast levels and fonts
• enlarge the font sizes and cursor
• modify the line height, alignment or spacing of text
• highlight links across the pages
• zoom in up to 300% without 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) AbilityNet Net has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability. 

How accessible this website is

We have used Co-Pilot to analyse the website’s issues and we know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
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• you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
• most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
• live video streams do not have captions
• some of our online forms are difficult to navigate using just a keyboard
• you cannot skip to the main content when using a screen reader
​• there’s a limit to how far you can magnify the map on our ‘contact us’ page 

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format, such as: accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:
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• email us at [email protected]
• write to Otterbourne Parish Council, PO Box 663, Winchester SO23 3PB

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 10 working days.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We are committed to making our website fully accessible in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility.

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities.

We are in the process of producing a new website that will be fully compliant with the Accessibility Guidelines WCAG 2.2AA.

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/). 

Contacting us by phone or visiting us in person

Find out how to contact us by visiting Contact us

Content that’s not within the Scope of Accessibility Regulations and Disproportionate Burden

The accessibily regulations do not require us to fix PDF’s or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services. Some older documents are not accessible, such as: scanned PDF’s or files submitted by thrid parties. Due to limited resources, we believe fixing all of these documents would be a disproportionate burden under the regulations. 

Preparation of this accessibility statement

Adopted: Otterbourne Parish Council meeting 17 March 2026