Accessibility Statement

This accessibility statement applies to the Goostrey Parish Council website which can be found at www.goostreyparishcouncil.gov.uk.

This website is run by Goostrey Parish 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 some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
some of our online forms are difficult to navigate using just a keyboard

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

If you need information on this website in a different format:

email clerk@goostreyparishcouncil.gov.uk
call 01477 535825

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 14 days.

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 clerk@goostreyparishcouncil.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

Goostrey Parish 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 2.2 AA standard, due to the exemptions and listed below.

Non-accessible content

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

Disproportionate Burden

PDFs and other documents

New documents added to the site since 1^st June 2020 will be in accessible PDF format. Documents prior to that date will not be converted because, with one member of staff to convert the documents would be a disproportionate burden to the council.

If requests are received for documents pre 1^st June 2020 to be provided these will be considered within 14 days.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

Some PDF documents are scanned images of information that the council must provide on its website, for example AGAR reports and Councillor Register of Interests.

We cannot assure the accessibility of third-party PDF documents available on our website.

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

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. For example, we do not plan to fix documents for meetings that took place before 23 September 2018, newsletters published before 23 September 2018.

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

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 regularly review our website for accessibility issues and are improving processes to ensure that new content meets accessibility guidelines

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 28^th July 2020. It was last reviewed and updated on 10^th June 2025.

This website was last tested for accessibility on 9^th June 2025. Testing was carried out by NetwiseUK.