Basted Mill – Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council

Woodland Walk – Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council

Holly Hill public open space – Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council

Platt Woods – Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council

Woods Meadow – Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council

Priory Wood public open space – Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council

Taddington Valley – Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council

Wrotham Hill viewing point – Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council

People using screen readers are not able to see the layout of a form. To make forms
accessible, they must define explicit text labels for each form control. 

Usually the best solution is to use a `<label>` element. The label may be linked to 
by the form control:

```html
<label for="name">Full name</label>
<input type="name" id="name">
```

or the `<label>` can be wrapped around the form control:

```html
<label>
    Full name <input type="name">
</label>
```

Buttons are different, as their labels are specified by the code for the button, e.g.

```html
<input type="submit" value="Send message">
<button>Send message</button>
```

Alternatively ARIA attributes, such as `aria-label` may be used, but this information
will not be conveyed to visual users. For more information, see [W3C's guide to labeling controls](https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/forms/labels/).

Hidden input fields (`<input type="hidden">`) do not require labels.
Note that the `placeholder` attribute 
[should not be used as an alternative to a label](https://www.w3.org/TR/html/sec-forms.html#the-placeholder-attribute),
nor should the `title` attribute.

## Custom roles

Note that this check considers the underlying accessible role of an element, which can be 
different from the tag itself.

For example, this `<div>` has a `role` of `button`, and so is expected to have a label, like
a button would.

```html
<div role="button"></div>
```

form-control-labels

January 2025

December 2024

Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council

Title / URL	Issues
Basted Mill – Tonbridge and Malling Borough Councilwww.tmbc.gov.uk/basted-mill	1
Woodland Walk – Tonbridge and Malling Borough Councilwww.tmbc.gov.uk/woodland-walk	1
Holly Hill public open space – Tonbridge and Malling Borough Councilwww.tmbc.gov.uk/holly-hill	1
Platt Woods – Tonbridge and Malling Borough Councilwww.tmbc.gov.uk/platt-woods	1
Woods Meadow – Tonbridge and Malling Borough Councilwww.tmbc.gov.uk/woods-meadow	1
Priory Wood public open space – Tonbridge and Malling Borough Councilwww.tmbc.gov.uk/priory-wood	1
Taddington Valley – Tonbridge and Malling Borough Councilwww.tmbc.gov.uk/taddington-valley	1
Wrotham Hill viewing point – Tonbridge and Malling Borough Councilwww.tmbc.gov.uk/wrotham-hill	1

Ensure form controls have labels

Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council

Where this issue has occurred