Accessibility statement for http://www.fareham.gov.uk

This website is run by Fareham 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:

• 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 some parts of this website aren't fully accessible:

• you can't modify the line height of text
• most older PDFs are not fully accessible to screen reader software
• some more recent Local Plan PDFs are not fully accessible to screen readers 

What to do if you can't access parts of this website

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

• webmaster@fareham.gov.uk
• call 01329 236100 and ask for the webmaster team

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We're always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems that aren't listed on this page or think we're not meeting accessibility requirements, contact: webmaster@fareham.gov.uk.

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) .

Technical information about this website's accessibility

Fareham 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.

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

Non accessible content

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

Non compliance with the accessibility regulations

Some PDF documents created after 23 September 2018 are not accessible. This fails WCGA 2.1 sucess criterion 1.1.1 (Non-text Content).

These documents contain content that cause the Adobe Acrobat Accessibility Checker to crash. Alternative products also fail to check these documents. We are rechecking these documents whenever a software update is released by Adobe and we are also investigating alternative ways to display this data.

We plan to have this fixed before the end of 2023.

Disproportionate burden

Not applicable

Navigation and accessing information

Not applicable

Interactive tools and transactions

Not applicable

Content that's not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

Not applicable

PDFs and other documents

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.

Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.

Live video

Not applicable

How we tested this website

This website was last tested on 14 February 2022.

We tested:

• Our main website platform, available at https://www.fareham.gov.uk/intro.aspx
• Business Rates and Council Tax Forms https://bif.fareham.gov.uk/
• Councillors and Council Meetings http://moderngov.fareham.gov.uk/uucoverpage.aspx?bcr=1
• Online Payments https://ip.e-paycapita.com/ 

This statement was prepared on 26 August 2020. It was last updated on 28 February 2023.