We aim to make this website accessible to all users, following certain standards and Government guidelines to ensure that this site can be used effectively and easily as possible by everyone.
This site is based upon the APLAWS content management system and employs many features to maximise its accessibility. APLAWS stands for Accessible Personalised Local Authority Websites.
The APLAWS templates that create these web pages have been tested by IBM Usability Labs and conform to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative's 'Double-A' standard. You can find details about this standard using the link below.
- www.w3.org/TR/1999/WAI-WEBCONTENT-19990505
website of the World Wide Web Consortium
In addition most of the webpages are designed to interact in a specific way with screenreaders, so that visually impaired users can easily access the content and navigate the site.
Indeed, it is our aim to continue improving the level of accessibility so that we conform to the highest W3C 'Triple A' standard in the future.



