Accessibility statement – Southsea coastal scheme

Making our website accessible for everyone

Accessibility statement for https://southseacoastalscheme.org.uk/

This accessibility statement applies to the https://southseacoastalscheme.org.uk/

This website has been developed to comply with the WCAG 2.2 AA standard for accessibility as a minimum.

This website is run by Portsmouth City 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 have made the website text as simple as possible to understand and aim to adhere to the national average reading age of 9.

AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible is this website?

We know some parts of the website are not fully accessible:

  • some pages are not written in plain English
  • you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text

Feedback and contact information

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

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 5 working days.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact the Digital Customer team at Portsmouth City Council

We’ll consider your request and get back to you in 5 working 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 complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

Digital Customer Experience 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 non-compliances listed below.

Non-accessible content

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

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

  1. Some text does not have sufficient colour contrast when compared with its background. Some users may find them hard to read. This fails WCAG 2.2 Success Criterion 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum).

In our last accessibility audit, our website developers have fixed accessibility issues including empty headings, and empty links. Our website developers and content editors are aware of the above issues and working on a fix.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 3 January 2025. It was last reviewed on 1 June 2025.
This website was last tested on 1 June 2025.
The test was carried out by Portsmouth City Council’s in-house development team with in-depth knowledge of the WCAG 2.2 AA standard and completed using assistive tools such as the Chrome extension – WAVE Evaluation Tool.
We tested a sample of pages, including the website’s most popular pages (informed by Google Analytics).