On 26/11/25 I received an NIP from West Midlands Police for a speeding offence (code RR84018). I admitted being the driver and received the COFP on 12/12/25 asking me to pay the £100 fine and provide licence details, which I did online via the penaltynotice.direct.gov.uk site on 16/12/25.
I have recently looked at my credit card statement for January, and see that on 10/01/25 I was refunded the £100 by HMCOURTS-SVS.GOV.U LEEDS.
I initially thought that the penalty notice had been cancelled, even though when I checked my DVLA record, I found the 3 penalty points recorded. I emailed 'centralticketoffice@west-midlands.police.uk'on 02/02/26 asking them to confirm the date that the penalty notice was cancelled, so I could approach DVLA to remove the points. I have not received a response to that email.
I’ve now done a bit of digging and see forums which suggest that the refund was given as I did not provide the correct licence details via penaltynotice.direct.gov.uk, and that I may now receive a court summons, a bigger fine and more penalty points.
I haven’t received anything official in the post yet but what, if anything, should I be proactively doing now? I’ve had another look at the COFP letter and it directs queries regarding licence and/or payment queries to fixedpenaltyoffice
@justice.gov.uk. I’m minded to email them but don’t know what to put in the email. Annoyingly, no confirmation email was provided by penaltynotice.direct.gov.uk when I paid the £100 fine on 16/12/25.
I’d be very grateful if someone could kindly advise.
