Accessibility Statement

Accessibility Statement for Crowan Parish Council

This accessibility statement applies to our website, www.crowan-pc.gov.uk.

This website is run by Crowan Parish Council.

How you should be able to use 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:

  • zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
  • navigate most of the website using a keyboard or speech recognition software
  • you can skip to the main content when using a keyboard

We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.

How accessible this website is

We know that some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

  • you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
  • Some content is displayed in Tables which are not fully accessible
  • Use of PDF documents for content, particularly policies, financial, meeting agendas and minutes. Although authored with accessibility in mind, PDF documents often have some accessibility issues.

Feedback and contact information

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact the parish clerk

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

  • email clerk@crowan-pc.gov.uk
  • call 07307 588991

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

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 feedback or complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical Information about this website’s accessibility

Crowan 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 has been tested against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard. 

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

Non-accessible content

The content listed below is non-accessible for the following reason(s): 

  • Where PDF documents are used, we will look to inform the user that the link will open a PDF document.

Disproportionate Burden

Although the design is responsive, it is not always possible to change the device orientation from horizontal to vertical without making it more difficult to view the content. This applies particularly to mobile phones.

We’ve assessed the cost of fixing the issues and believe that doing so now would be a disproportionate burden within the meaning of the accessibility regulations.

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

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.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

We are working to fix content which fails to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 23rd March 2026.

This website was last tested on 23/03/2026 against the WCAG 2.2 AA standard.

The test was carried out to the WCAG 2.2 AA standard by ICT Connect Ltd. This test of a representative sample of pages was carried using automated testing tools.