# England and Wales speeding court response route

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    ---
    type: "Public Service Route"
    title: "England and Wales speeding court response route"
    description: "Official England and Wales response and redress boundary when a speeding allegation reaches the magistrates court process."
    status: "observed"
    assertion_status: "official"
    service_family: "respond-to-speeding-notice"
    jurisdiction: "england-and-wales"
    provider: "hm-courts-and-tribunals-service"
    observed_at: "2026-08-07"
    sources:
      - id: "govuk-single-justice-procedure"
        title: "Single justice procedure notices"
        resource: "https://www.gov.uk/single-justice-procedure-notices"
        author: "organisation:hm-courts-and-tribunals-service"
        observed_at: "2026-08-07"
      - id: "govuk-appeal-magistrates-decision"
        title: "Appeal a magistrates' court decision"
        resource: "https://www.gov.uk/appeal-magistrates-court-decision"
        author: "organisation:hm-courts-and-tribunals-service"
        observed_at: "2026-08-07"
    ---

    # England and Wales speeding court response route

    Where the actual case uses a single justice procedure notice,
    [HMCTS](../organisations/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service.md) says the notice
    identifies the prosecutor, response method and charge. The observed general
    guidance gives 21 days from the date shown to respond and describes guilty,
    not-guilty and hearing branches. It expressly says Scotland and Northern
    Ireland use different rules.

    The official magistrates-court guidance supplies review, reopening and appeal
    boundaries for [England](../jurisdictions/england.md) and
    [Wales](../jurisdictions/wales.md). The actual notice and current court
    instructions control. This record supplies no plea, mitigation, appeal-ground
    or outcome advice.

    All facts were observed on 2026-08-07 and remain subject to the
    [evidence limitations](../evidence/learning-to-drive-speeding-sources.md).