Accessibility statement for Surrey Heath Building Control Consultancy Website
- 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
- we’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.
How accessible this website is
- most documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
Feedback and contact information
- email web.support@surreyheath.gov.uk
- call 01276 707100
Reporting accessibility problems with this website
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, email web.support@surreyheath.gov.uk or call 01276 707100.
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
We have an audio induction loop system in our Contact Centre.
Find out how to contact us.
Technical information about this website’s accessibility
Compliance status
Non-accessible content
Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations
Some documents published between 24 September 2018 - 24 January 2022 may not be fully accessible for various reasons.
- Missing headings or headings that don’t follow a logical order - This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 (Info and Relationships)
- Missing titles - This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.4.2 (Page Titled)
- Default language not specified - This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 3.1.1 (Language of Page)
Disproportionate burden
- Missing headings or headings that don’t follow a logical order - This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 1.3.1 (Info and Relationships)
- Missing titles - This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 2.4.2 (Page Titled)
- Default language not specified - This fails WCAG 2.1 success criterion 3.1.1 (Language of Page)
We’ve assessed the cost and resources required to fix our less popular PDFs. We believe that doing so now would be a disproportionate burden within the meaning of the accessibility regulations. We will continue to monitor these documents and make further assessments when each document is due to be updated (timescales for this vary according to the document) or sooner if resources allow.
We plan to make sure that all PDFs published on or after 24 January 2022 meet accessibility standards.
Due to time and resources, it may not always be possible to fix all PDFs before they are published. When this is the case we will assess the cost and resources required to fix them, and in some cases, we may find they meet the criteria for disproportionate burden at that time. The following documents were considered to be a disproportionate burden to fix at the time of publication, but will be reviewed again in the future:
- No applicable documents (24 January 2022)
Content that’s not within the scope of the accessibility regulations
PDFs and other documents
Live video
What we’re doing to improve accessibility
We are currently using SiteImprove Accessibility Checker for automated testing of the website.
We plan to make sure that any new PDFs which we publish from 24 January 2022 meet accessibility standards.
To support this, in January 2022, we are launching new corporate templates which should make it easier for staff to ensure their documents are accessible. We will also be sharing a number of resources to assist with this and offer training where appropriate.
All PDFs will be checked for accessibility before they are added to the website and reports on PDF accessibility will be reviewed at least monthly to make sure the PDFs are meeting accessibility standards.
Preparation of this accessibility statement
This statement was prepared on 22 September 2020. It was last reviewed on 27 January 2021.
This website was last tested on 31 January 2022. We tested this website using the SiteImprove Accessibility Checker which tests all pages on this website.