The demolition work at Uluwatu’s Bingin Beach has been one of the biggest news stories of 2025.
Here at The Bali Sun, we have been monitoring the situation closely, and major new updates have just been confirmed by local leaders.
Bingin Beach is one of Bali’s most beloved coastal areas. The beachfront has been a favourite of surfers, local and international alike, as well as beach-loving backpackers for decades, long before Uluwatu even entered the collective psyche of Bali’s annual holidaymakers.
On 21st July 2025, a team of 500 demolition workers and government officials descended onto the cliffside at Bingin Beach.
Their mission was simple but highly controversial. More then 35 buildings in the Bingin Beach area had been found to be violating spatial planning laws, operating without sufficient businesses licences or encroaching onto state land. The controversy came because many of the buildings had been open and operation for years, many even for decades.
The community were left devastated but resolute that the spirit of Bingin Beach would live on. Indeed it has.
The community have banded together to offer jobs to those who lost employment when businesses closed down, support daily wage workers who saw a loss of income due to a decrease in visitors and to help clean up the debris from the demotion work when heavy rains created a kind of construction material landslide down to the shoreline.
The community of Binign Beach and the surrounding villages came together to clean up the beach after post-demolition clearing efforts from the local government slowed to a halt as leaders noted that the project had run out of funds earlier this month.
The Badung Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) Chief I Gusti Agung Ketut Suryanegara told reporters that he was awaiting approval to shift funds to complete the clean up operation.
However, the Badung Regency Government has this week confirmed new plans for Bingin Beach that they say will be brought to life in 2026.
The Badung Regency Government has allocated a budget of IDR 20 billion to redevelop the whole Bingin Beach area, which initial plans show is set to feature a stage for arts and cultural performances such as the Kecak.
After a site visit to Bingin Beach, the Regent of Badung, Wayan Adi Arnawa, told reporters, “After the cleanup, I personally visited Bingin Beach with relevant regional officials, such as the Public Works and Spatial Planning (PUPR) Department.”
He added, “So, we want Bingin Beach to become a new destination. We’ll even create attractions like a venue for Kecak dance performances.”
He explained, “Everything is as shown in the drawings submitted to us. I even met with the community directly, as they depend on Bingin Beach. In addition to the landscaping, they requested that we build a temporary road to provide access for the community and tourists to Bingin Beach.”
The Regent affirmed his commitment to working with the community of Bingin Beach to ensure the redevelopment serves not only tourists but local people too.
He noted, “While walking around, I also monitored the post-demolition developments in the Bingin Beach area. I didn’t just want to receive reports, but also to directly ascertain the community’s complaints and to receive input for the Bingin Beach Masterplan. As I said during the demolition, I will not marginalize my community, so I went directly to the community.”
Regent Arnawa has not given a specific timeline for the redevelopment work at Bingin Beach but with so much demolition work still to be completed, the second half of 2026 feels the more likely starting point for any new construction work to start.
Bingin Beach remains open to tourists, though visitors must be prepared to encounter the demolition clean-up operation at work. Construction noise can often be heard from the beachfront, and during heavy rains, demolition debris has been falling onto the sand.
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