Hua Hin Beach Demolition: Sea-Side Sections Come Down First
Hua Hin Municipality has set out how staff will work on Friday 6 November, starting with the parts of the 15 beachfront buildings that stick out over the sea. The dates in circulation do not agree, and the court cases are not over.
Friday 6 November is the next date on the beachfront demolition calendar in Hua Hin. Mayor Nopporn Wuttikul chaired a progress meeting on Wednesday 4 November on the 15 buildings between the Hua Hin Fishing Pier and the Chao Mae Thap Thim Shrine. Staff were given their instructions for that day, Siamrath reports. The first parts to come down are the sections that project over the sea.
Our earlier report said the main push was fixed for 20 November, and that date has not been withdrawn. What has changed is that 6 November now appears in two Thai reports, and they do not explain how it fits with 20 November. The full sequence is on the beachfront demolition timeline.
Which date counts?
Four dates have been attached to this operation in the past week, and they come from different meetings and different outlets. Laid side by side, they do not describe one schedule.
| Date | What was said | Reported by |
|---|---|---|
| 29 October | Machinery to start the following week, after a planning meeting | Municipality, our earlier report |
| 30 October | First building (house no. 23) down; notices on locked doors name 20 November | Siamrath |
| 31 October | Municipality expects to finish within a week, by 6 November | MGR Online |
| 4 November | Staff to work on 6 November, sea-facing parts first | Siamrath |
| 22 January 2027 | The 120-day demolition contract ends | Earlier reporting |
The most careful reading is that 6 November is a working day for the first wave, covering the overhanging sections and owners who cooperate. On that reading, 20 November is when locked buildings face forced entry. That reading is ours. Neither report says which date governs, and an official notice would settle it.
What happens on site
The 4 November meeting asked the legal team to prepare a letter for each owner, telling them to demolish under the Administrative Court order and to move their belongings out first. Staff will photograph and film their work as evidence and avoid direct confrontation, Siamrath says. If a building is locked and nobody answers on the date named on the notice, the municipality says it will cut the lock and go in.
An owner who obstructs the work faces a criminal complaint. MGR Online adds that staff warn three times before they pass the evidence to an inquiry officer. In its 29 October meeting the municipality said it had prepared cases against 26 people: 15 municipal cases and 11 Marine Department cases.
Map: Hitkub. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Pins are approximate and mark the two named ends of the stretch, about 450 metres apart in a straight line.
House no. 23 is the only building down so far. Its owner signed a consent letter and asked the municipality to treat the cost of demolition reasonably, according to MGR Online. Staff have since levelled the old foundations and removed concrete poured over the public beach access beside one restaurant. Items recovered from the buildings are logged and stored at the municipal depot on Soi Hua Hin 102. Daily News reports that owners have 30 days to collect them before they go to auction.
The courts have not gone away
At the same meeting, municipal lawyers reported that an owners’ appeal and a new lawsuit are with the courts for examination. On 30 October the mayor said he did not know what the civil judgments or appeals would contain, MGR Online reports. The municipality’s position is that the Supreme Administrative Court’s orders give it all the authority it needs.
Nobody has said whether a civil ruling could pause the work, and no report says what owners who lose a home or a business will receive. A further 11 structures that the Marine Department was meant to handle are also under review, as our timeline records.
If you are walking the stretch
Naresdamri Road was closed when machinery moved in on 30 October. No report so far says whether it will close again on Friday, or at what hours the machines run. Siamrath says staff will film their work, so any confrontation on the stretch is likely to be on record.
The next fixed dates are Friday 6 November and Friday 20 November. Then the 120-day contract clock runs out on 22 January, and the beach either reopens or it does not.
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