Payap still an option: rezoning route; order example opaque

User, 20 Oct 2026: Payap University claims they can rezone the land;
update the deck to show it is still an option. And: do not use a
transparent vinyl as the example in the order tool screenshot.

- land-listings/payap/rezoning-2026-10-20.md (new): what a rezoning is
  under the Town Planning Act B.E. 2562 (section 35 amendment started by
  DPT or the local official, Town Planning Commission, 30-day posting
  with objections, Ministry of Interior notification via Cabinet and the
  Royal Gazette; a landowner can ask, not rezone), the DPT's own work
  plan (~70 weeks without objections, ~82 with: ~16 to 19 months), the
  schedule effect (roughly a year on first production unless the request
  starts now; estimate) and what to ask Payap. DPT procedure PDF filed.
- site-candidates.md: Payap "still an option" in the table, rezoning
  paragraph with an Open action, check 1 and the re-siting rule; zoning
  record, payap-partnership.md and README point to it.
- Business plan 6.1, risk table and critical path: Payap's rezoning
  claim and its ~16 to 19 months; A and B rebuilt (63 pages, checked).
- Deck: site slide names Payap as an option once rezoned, notes and
  source line; risk row updated.
- order.html: the "Splatter 12"" preset now has a white base instead of
  clear; deck platform screenshots re-shot in both themes (numbers
  unchanged: 100 fans, break-even 46, ~480 THB kept). Order checks 96/96,
  fan parity 206/206; deck verify clean in both themes, PDFs rebuilt.

README.md

@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ steps are open planning items.
 - Payap University (Chiang Mai) has offered land on lease and wants to
   build joint student programmes with the plant. The point it gave for the
   land is zoned very high density residential in the Chiang Mai city plan,
-  where record pressing is not permitted (checked October 2026); other
+  where record pressing is not permitted (checked October 2026). Payap
+  says the land can be rezoned (20 October 2026), so it stays an option;
+  a rezoning is a city-plan amendment the planning department schedules
+  at ~16 to 19 months
+  ([what it takes](docs/land-listings/payap/rezoning-2026-10-20.md)); other
   Payap land would need checking
   ([site candidates](docs/site-candidates.md),
   [Payap partnership](docs/payap-partnership.md)).
@@ -401,7 +405,8 @@ docs/
 ├── facility-security.md   Security, HVAC, fire and life safety, compliance
 ├── factory-console.html   Factory application and customer portal demo
 ├── fleet-calculator.html  Press fleet calculator: output, mix, requirements
-├── land-listings/         Land offers and zoning records (Mueang Chi, Payap)
+├── land-listings/         Land offers and zoning records (Mueang Chi, Payap,
+│                          Payap rezoning route)
 ├── make-a-record.html     Artist platform investor demo (end-user flow)
 ├── payap-partnership.md   Joint student programmes with Payap University
 ├── plant-operation.html   Animated plant overview (simulated SCADA)

docs/business-plan/build/content_b.py

@@ -726,7 +726,15 @@ def blocks():
           "records) is not permitted and type 72 is allowed only for repair, so a record plant cannot get "
           "a factory licence there. The same city plan permits type 107 in its low density residential "
           "and rural and agricultural zones, so Payap's other land is worth checking before the lead is "
-          "dropped (the map data is preliminary; the provincial town planning office confirms). Why it is "
+          "dropped (the map data is preliminary; the provincial town planning office confirms). On 20 October "
+          "2026 Payap said the land can be rezoned, so the lead stays open: a rezoning is an amendment of the "
+          "city plan under section 35 of the Town Planning Act B.E. 2562, started by the Department of Public "
+          "Works and Town and Country Planning, approved by the Town Planning Commission, posted 30 days for "
+          "objections and issued as a new Ministry of Interior notification after Cabinet approval; the "
+          "department's own work plan schedules ~16 months without objections and ~19 with. Building permit "
+          "and factory licence wait for it, so a rezoned Payap plot moves first production by roughly a year "
+          "unless the request starts now (estimate); a written answer from the provincial office is the "
+          "next step. Why it is "
           "worth the checks: it is ~5 km from the old city, 25 to 30 km nearer the team, customers and the "
           "airport than Mueang Chi, which helps tours, the artist platform and hiring; and Payap is a "
           "partner, not only a landlord: it wants joint student programmes with us in mastering, lathe "
@@ -749,7 +757,8 @@ def blocks():
             "**Galvanics on a campus:** the lessor's written consent; zero discharge becomes a lease "
             "condition, not only a commitment.",
         ]),
-        P("Nothing is re-sited until a Payap plot passes zoning and lease-ability: the model, the PV study, "
+        P("Nothing is re-sited until a Payap plot passes zoning (as the plan stands or once a rezoning is "
+          "gazetted) and lease-ability: the model, the PV study, "
           "the RFQ and the plant's network site code stay on Mueang Chi. The lease itself must meet these "
           "conditions, which Thai counsel resolves before signature:"),
         B([

docs/business-plan/build/content_c.py

@@ -299,7 +299,8 @@ def _risk_rows():
          "months would push launch to mid-2029; Pheenix, Sillitoe and Sibert lead times also unquoted",
          "Required field in every re-quote, now"],
         ["High", "Zoning of the chosen plot unverified", "A site reset costs ~6 months; the Payap point "
-         "already fails zoning; Mueang Chi is unverified", "Verify on the land-use map and with counsel "
+         "fails zoning as the plan stands (Payap says it can be rezoned: ~16 to 19 months); Mueang Chi is "
+         "unverified", "Verify on the land-use map and with counsel "
                                                            "before the BOI filing; industrial estate as "
                                                            "fallback"],
     ]
@@ -932,7 +933,8 @@ def blocks():
         ], widths_mm=[10, 68, 34, 58]),
         T(["Track (in parallel)", "Needed by", "Float", "Becomes critical if"], [
             ["Land lease, zoning, soil test", "Design start, ~Q1 2027", "~4 months", "Zoning fails and a new "
-             "site is needed (~6 months reset); the plot Payap first offered already fails zoning"],
+             "site is needed (~6 months reset); the plot Payap first offered fails zoning unless the rezoning "
+             "Payap describes is gazetted (~16 to 19 months)"],
             ["Construction, incl. the water-treatment building and utility yard", "Machinery arrival, "
              "~Q3 2028", "~3 to 5 months", "Soft soil forces piling, or permits stall; the galvanics room, "
              "clean zone and ZLD plant are now needed first, ahead of the press hall"],

docs/land-listings/payap/dpt-zoning-2026-10-14.md

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ The DPT site states that its data is preliminary information and not a legal
 reference; the provincial public works and town planning office confirms.
 A point query does not show the parcel boundary.
 
+**Update 20 October 2026:** Payap says the land can be rezoned; what a
+rezoning takes and how long: [rezoning-2026-10-20.md](rezoning-2026-10-20.md).
+
 ## Result
 
 - **Plan:** ผังเมืองรวมเมืองเชียงใหม่ (Chiang Mai comprehensive city plan), in

docs/land-listings/payap/rezoning-2026-10-20.md

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+# Payap: rezoning, what it takes (checked 20 October 2026)
+
+Payap University told the project on 20 October 2026 that the land can be
+rezoned. The point it first gave lies in zone ย.7-1, very high density
+residential, of the Chiang Mai comprehensive city plan in force from 25 May
+2026, where a record-pressing factory cannot be licensed
+([zoning record](dpt-zoning-2026-10-14.md)). This note records what a
+rezoning is under Thai law and how long the planning department itself
+schedules it, so the claim can be weighed. It is our reading of the sources
+below, not legal advice; Thai counsel and the Chiang Mai Provincial Office of
+Public Works and Town and Country Planning confirm.
+
+## The legal route
+
+- The Chiang Mai city plan is a **Notification of the Ministry of Interior**
+  under the **Town Planning Act B.E. 2562 (2019)** (Royal Gazette, vol. 143,
+  special part 130 ง, 25 May 2026; the earlier plan was a ministerial
+  regulation of 2012, amended 2017).
+- A landowner's own application to change the plan's rules (sections 30 and
+  31) belongs to the 90-day posting of a plan before it is issued. That
+  window closed before the plan came into force.
+- After that, a plan is changed for a particular area under **section 35**:
+  the Department of Public Works and Town and Country Planning (DPT) or the
+  local official amends it "in order to be suited to changing circumstances
+  and environment or for public interests" and submits it to the Town
+  Planning Commission (or the provincial committee); once approved it is
+  posted for at least 30 days, interested persons may object in writing, the
+  objections are decided as under section 31, and the amendment is issued
+  as a new Ministry of Interior notification, which goes to the Cabinet
+  first and is then published in the Royal Gazette.
+- So a rezoning is not in the landowner's hands. Payap can ask, and support
+  the request with a public-interest case (a university-industry training
+  plant, jobs); the DPT decides whether to start it, the Town Planning
+  Commission whether to approve it, and neighbours can object.
+
+Source: Town Planning Act B.E. 2562 (2019), sections 29 to 35, English
+translation by the Office of the Council of State (no legal force; the Thai
+text governs), via UNEP LEAP:
+<https://leap.unep.org/sites/default/files/legislation/THA/Town%2520Planning%2520Ac.pdf>;
+the plan in force: <https://ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/documents/116050.pdf>
+(both checked 20 October 2026).
+
+## How long the DPT schedules it
+
+The DPT's own work plan for a section 35 amendment of a plan it prepares
+(the Chiang Mai city plan is one), as published with the procedure
+"ขั้นตอนและกระบวนการแก้ไขผังเมืองรวม ตามพระราชบัญญัติการผังเมือง พ.ศ. 2562"
+(filed here as
+[DPT_city-plan-amendment-procedure-s35.pdf](DPT_city-plan-amendment-procedure-s35.pdf);
+copy hosted by Hua Sai municipality,
+<https://www.huasai.go.th/news/doc_download/a_291124_112924.pdf>, checked
+20 October 2026):
+
+| Step | What happens | Weeks (DPT plan) |
+|---|---|---|
+| 1 | Provincial office gathers the issue, reasons and facts; DPT review | ~7 |
+| 2 | Comprehensive plan advisory committee | ~4 |
+| 3 | DPT town planning review committee | ~3 |
+| 4 | Town Planning Commission (sub-committee, then the commission) | ~8 |
+| 5 | Preparing and posting the amendment for 30 days | 15 |
+| 6 | Objections: collected and decided | ~2 if none, ~14 if any |
+| 7 | Drafting the Ministry of Interior notification | ~10 |
+| 8 | Ministry law committee, Cabinet approval, Royal Gazette | ~21 |
+| | **Total** | **~70 weeks (~16 months) without objections, ~82 weeks (~19 months) with** |
+
+These are the department's planning durations, not a promise; a
+contested change in a residential zone, or one that waits for a committee
+date, takes longer.
+
+## What it would mean for the plant (our reading, estimates)
+
+- The amendment must let the plot carry factory type 107 (the type whose
+  definition names gramophone records), plastics extrusion, a steam boiler
+  and electroplating. The same plan permits type 107 in its low density
+  residential, special industrial, agricultural land reform and rural and
+  agricultural zones, so the likely request is a move of the plot into one
+  of those, not a change of ย.7-1's rules for the whole zone.
+- Neither the building permit nor the factory licence (Ror.Ngor.4) can rest
+  on the amendment until it is in force. On the August 2026 calendar
+  ([project timeline](../../project-timeline.md)) design and permits start
+  around March 2027 and first production is ~Q4 2028; an amendment begun in
+  early 2027 would be gazetted around mid-2028 at the earliest, so a
+  rezoned Payap plot moves first production by roughly a year unless the
+  request starts now and design runs at risk in parallel.
+- The plan has been in force only since May 2026, after a full revision;
+  the public-interest case has to explain why this area should change so
+  soon.
+
+## What to ask Payap for
+
+1. Which plot, with the title deed number and a map: the first point or
+   other land.
+2. What it has done or will do: a request to the Chiang Mai provincial
+   office? Which zone it would ask for, and the office's response in
+   writing.
+3. Its timetable for the request, and whether the university council
+   supports a commercial lease on the rezoned land.
+4. Whether the pharmaceutical facility under construction went through the
+   same route, and with which result.
+
+Until a written answer from the provincial office exists, the rezoning is
+Payap's statement, not a planning fact.

docs/order.html

@@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@ const addrF=g=>`<div class="grid2f">${fld("a_"+g+"_name","Name","text",{ac:"name
   (g==="b"?`<div class="grid2f">${fld("a_b_email","E-mail","email",{ac:"email"})}${fld("a_b_phone","Phone","tel",{ac:"tel"})}</div>`:"")+
   fld("a_"+g+"_line1","Address line","text",{ac:"address-line1"})+`<div class="grid2f">${fld("a_"+g+"_city","City","text",{ac:"address-level2"})}${fld("a_"+g+"_postcode","Postcode","text",{ac:"postal-code"})}</div>`+fld("a_"+g+"_country","Country","text",{ac:"country-name"});
 const PRESETS={
-  splat:{t:"Splatter 12\"",size:"12",discs:1,jacket:"printed",dl:[{fx:"splatter",c:["clear","red","yellow","black"]}]},
+  splat:{t:"Splatter 12\"",size:"12",discs:1,jacket:"printed",dl:[{fx:"splatter",c:["white","red","yellow","black"]}]},
   marble:{t:"Marble 7\"",size:"7",discs:1,dl:[{fx:"marbled",c:["blue","white"]}]},
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docs/payap-partnership.md

@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ open.
   with write access to production systems.
 - **Location.** On Payap land the plant and the classroom share a campus;
   at Mueang Chi they are ~35 km apart. The programme works better with the
-  Payap site but need not depend on it.
+  Payap site but need not depend on it. The first Payap plot needs
+  rezoning, which Payap says it can obtain (20 October 2026; what that
+  takes: [site candidates](site-candidates.md#payap-university-new-lead-october-2026)).
 - **BOI.** R&D contracted with a Thai university and training cooperation
   may count toward the R&D merit measure; an open item in [BOI](boi.md).
 

docs/pitch/index.html

@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ body.pvmode .stage,body.pvmode .ctl{display:none}
       <figcaption>Ground floor with the roofs cut away, Plan B preset: galvanics, stamper prep, PVC lab, press hall, inspection, packaging and warehouse; the office with the cutting room; the 5 t crane, the visitor corridor and the 271 kWh battery. Schematic of the calculator's Payap scenario layout on a placeholder plot.</figcaption>
     </figure>
     <dl class="dl">
-      <dt>Site</dt><dd>Long lease, working candidate in Lamphun (Mueang Chi), Chiang Mai options under review; Northern Region Industrial Estate as fallback. Nothing signed.</dd>
+      <dt>Site</dt><dd>Long lease. Working candidate Mueang Chi (Lamphun); still an option: Payap University land, ~5 km from Chiang Mai's old city, once rezoned (Payap says it can be; ~16 to 19 months <span class="e">est.</span>). Industrial estate as fallback. Nothing signed.</dd>
       <dt>Land</dt><dd>~4 rai minimum, 6 to 8 rai with expansion. Leasing keeps ~12M to 32M THB of land purchase out of the round; rent ~0.3M to 1.0M THB a year <span class="e">est.</span></dd>
       <dt>Building</dt><dd>Steel portal frame, 60 × 25 m (1,500 m²), with its own 5 t crane; 30 kN/m² slab raised 1.2 m for dock-height loading; insulated, airtight.</dd>
       <dt>Visitors</dt><dd>A glazed corridor in process order, built from the start: tours and the Payap programmes without stopping production.</dd>
@@ -591,9 +591,9 @@ body.pvmode .stage,body.pvmode .ctl{display:none}
       <dt>Growth</dt><dd>Duplex bays and utility positions reserved; a 45 × 38 m (1,710 m²) second building fits the Mueang Chi plot.</dd>
     </dl>
   </div>
-  <p class="src"><b>Source:</b> business plan B, sections 6.1 and 6.2; site-candidates.md; scale.md; crane-workshop-tours.md; render: fleet-calculator.html, Plan B preset (figure 9). The 60 × 25 m hall is the Mueang Chi design; the layout is fixed once a plot passes zoning and lease-ability.</p>
+  <p class="src"><b>Source:</b> business plan B, sections 6.1 and 6.2; site-candidates.md; scale.md; crane-workshop-tours.md; Payap rezoning: land-listings/payap/rezoning-2026-10-20.md (Town Planning Act B.E. 2562, section 35; the planning department's amendment work plan, ~70 to 82 weeks). Render: fleet-calculator.html, Plan B preset (figure 9). The 60 × 25 m hall is the Mueang Chi design; the layout is fixed once a plot passes zoning and lease-ability.</p>
   <footer class="ft"><span>CNX Vinyl · Investment proposal, Plan B (~215M THB) · Draft for discussion, October 2026</span><span class="pg"></span></footer>
-  <aside class="notes">The strategy is a long lease of raw land with a purpose-built plant on it. That keeps an estimated 12M to 32M THB of land purchase out of the round, but it also means there is no land to pledge: the lease must give the company ownership of the buildings and the right to mortgage or assign them. Mueang Chi in Lamphun is the working candidate; its zoning is still unverified. The point Payap University gave in Chiang Mai failed zoning; its other land is unchecked. Plan B builds the crane and the visitor corridor from the start. The render shows the calculator's Payap scenario layout, not a decided site. Sources: business plan B, sections 6.1 and 6.2; site-candidates.md.</aside>
+  <aside class="notes">The strategy is a long lease of raw land with a purpose-built plant on it. That keeps an estimated 12M to 32M THB of land purchase out of the round, but it also means there is no land to pledge: the lease must give the company ownership of the buildings and the right to mortgage or assign them. Mueang Chi in Lamphun is the working candidate; its zoning is still unverified. Payap University land in Chiang Mai remains an option: the plot it first gave is zoned residential, and on 20 October Payap said it can be rezoned. That is an amendment of the city plan under section 35 of the Town Planning Act, which the planning department itself schedules at about 16 to 19 months, so it would move first production unless the request starts now. The next step is to ask Payap for the plot and the planning office's answer in writing. Plan B builds the crane and the visitor corridor from the start. The render shows the calculator's Payap scenario layout, not a decided site. Sources: business plan B, sections 6.1 and 6.2; site-candidates.md.</aside>
 </section>
 
 <!-- 7 -->
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ body.pvmode .stage,body.pvmode .ctl{display:none}
       <tr><td><span class="tag hi">High</span></td><td>Galvanics and cutting on the critical path, galvanics the hardest skill to hire. Sibert advised getting presses, boilers, operators and feedback loops right first</td><td>Advice carried as a risk: commission the metal path first and measure it; hire early, train at the vendors; Stamper Discs and SST as overflow contacts</td></tr>
       <tr><td><span class="tag hi">High</span></td><td>Prices not on file: the Newbilt Classic (placeholder band) and the Pheenix line (OMS reference + 20&nbsp;%, no Pheenix quote)</td><td>Newbilt re-quote and Pheenix quote in phase 0; OMS's offer as the galvanics benchmark</td></tr>
       <tr><td><span class="tag hi">High</span></td><td>Vendor build times unknown: the press build carries ~40&nbsp;% of the schedule</td><td>Build time and order-book position required in every re-quote</td></tr>
-      <tr><td><span class="tag hi">High</span></td><td>Zoning unverified: the Payap point failed, Mueang Chi is unchecked</td><td>Verify on the land-use map and with counsel before the BOI filing; industrial estate as fallback</td></tr>
+      <tr><td><span class="tag hi">High</span></td><td>Zoning unverified: Mueang Chi unchecked; Payap's first plot needs a rezoning (~16 to 19 months, Payap says it can be done)</td><td>Verify on the land-use map and with counsel before the BOI filing; industrial estate as fallback</td></tr>
       <tr><td><span class="tag md">Medium</span></td><td>Plan B's ~35M THB more than Plan A earns little in the model: payback ~3.8 against ~3.2 years, a deeper adverse case</td><td>Phase 0 prices each item against its lever (PPA offer beside the purchase quote); the corridor is cheaper from the start</td></tr>
       <tr><td><span class="tag md">Medium</span></td><td>Lease terms and building ownership: a weak lease makes the building hard to finance</td><td>Registered 30 to 50 year lease with renewal, building ownership and assignment rights; Thai counsel in phase 0</td></tr>
       <tr><td><span class="tag md">Medium</span></td><td>Galvanics effluent and biomass emissions in the first factory licence</td><td>Zero-discharge design and treatment building from the start; dust collector and 14 m stack drawn; fuel contracts</td></tr>

docs/site-candidates.md

@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ first) ([galvanics and stamper prep](equipment/galvanics.md)).
 
 | | Mueang Chi, Lamphun | Northern Region Industrial Estate, Lamphun | Payap University land, Chiang Mai |
 |---|---|---|---|
-| Status | Working candidate: the massing model, PV roof design and [construction RFQ](finance/phase1-construction-rfq.md) are sited here | Fallback | New lead (October 2026): the university approached the project and is interested in leasing land to us. The point it gave fails zoning (checked 14 October 2026); other Payap land not yet checked |
+| Status | Working candidate: the massing model, PV roof design and [construction RFQ](finance/phase1-construction-rfq.md) are sited here | Fallback | Still an option. New lead (October 2026): the university approached the project and is interested in leasing land to us. The point it gave fails zoning as the plan stands (checked 14 October 2026); Payap says the land can be rezoned (20 October 2026), which takes a city-plan amendment of ~16 to 19 months by the planning department's own schedule; other Payap land not yet checked |
 | Lessor | Private owner | IEAT | Payap University (private, non-profit, founded by the Foundation of the Church of Christ in Thailand) |
 | Plot | 5-0-66.5 rai, 18.4708 N, 98.9642 E, narrow and skewed | Leased estate plots | Point given: 18.7977 N, 99.0383 E; parcel boundary, size and title not yet known. The main (Mae Khao) campus is at 18.795 N, 99.033 E |
 | Distance to Chiang Mai old city | ~35 km | Lamphun valley | ~5 km east, on the Chiang Mai–Lampang superhighway |
-| Zoning for factory use | Unverified (agricultural land) | Industrial estate; licensing through the estate | At the point given: zone ย.7-1, very high density residential, record pressing not permitted (Chiang Mai city plan, 25 May 2026) |
+| Zoning for factory use | Unverified (agricultural land) | Industrial estate; licensing through the estate | At the point given: zone ย.7-1, very high density residential, record pressing not permitted (Chiang Mai city plan, 25 May 2026). Rezoning claimed by Payap, not yet requested in writing ([what it takes](land-listings/payap/rezoning-2026-10-20.md)) |
 | Galvanics effluent | Ours to permit; zero discharge | Shared central effluent treatment | Needs the lessor's consent on top of the permit |
 | Neighbours | Agricultural | Industrial | A pharmaceutical facility under construction on the same land |
 
@@ -77,6 +77,34 @@ purchases across the ring road) is worth checking before the lead is
 dropped. Source record with the zone's full rules and annex:
 [land-listings/payap](land-listings/payap/dpt-zoning-2026-10-14.md).
 
+**Rezoning: Payap says it can be done (20 October 2026).** Payap
+University told the project that the land can be rezoned, so the lead
+stays open. What that takes, from the Town Planning Act B.E. 2562 and the
+planning department's own procedure (details and sources in
+[rezoning](land-listings/payap/rezoning-2026-10-20.md)):
+
+- The plan in force is a Ministry of Interior notification. After it is
+  issued, an area is changed under **section 35**: the Department of Public
+  Works and Town and Country Planning or the local official starts the
+  amendment for changed circumstances or the public interest, the Town
+  Planning Commission approves it, it is posted for 30 days for
+  objections, and a new notification goes through the Cabinet into the
+  Royal Gazette. The landowner can ask and argue the public interest
+  (a university-industry training plant, jobs); it cannot rezone itself.
+- The department schedules **~70 weeks (~16 months) without objections,
+  ~82 weeks (~19 months) with** for such an amendment. In a residential
+  zone, objections are likely.
+- Building permit and factory licence wait for the amendment to be in
+  force. Begun in early 2027 it would land around mid-2028, so a rezoned
+  Payap plot moves first production (~Q4 2028 on the August calendar) by
+  roughly a year, unless the request starts now and design runs at risk in
+  parallel (our reading, estimate).
+- **Open:** ask Payap which plot (title deed, map), what it has filed or
+  will file with the Chiang Mai provincial public works and town planning
+  office, which zone it would request, and the office's answer in
+  writing. Until then the rezoning is Payap's statement, not a planning
+  fact.
+
 **Why it is worth pursuing.**
 
 - **Location.** About 5 km from the old city and 25 to 30 km nearer the
@@ -99,8 +127,9 @@ dropped. Source record with the zone's full rules and annex:
 
 **What could rule it out** (check in this order, before any design work):
 
-1. **Zoning.** Failed at the point Payap gave (zone ย.7-1, above). For any
-   other plot: its zone in the Chiang Mai comprehensive city plan and whether it allows a record-pressing factory with a steam boiler and,
+1. **Zoning.** Failed at the point Payap gave as the plan stands (zone
+   ย.7-1, above); passes there only if the rezoning Payap describes is
+   gazetted (above). For any other plot: its zone in the Chiang Mai comprehensive city plan and whether it allows a record-pressing factory with a steam boiler and,
    later, electroplating. A pharmaceutical or cosmetics plant and an
    electroplating line are different factory classes, so the neighbour's
    permit proves little. Ask the provincial public works and town planning
@@ -140,7 +169,9 @@ what collaboration the university wants in return.
 Nothing has been re-sited. The parametric model, PV roof study, RFQ and
 the fleet site code `lpn` in the [digital factory](digital-factory.md)
 stay on Mueang Chi until a Payap plot is known and has passed checks 1
-and 2. The point Payap gave on 14 October 2026 fails check 1.
+and 2. The point Payap gave on 14 October 2026 fails check 1 as the plan
+stands; Payap's rezoning (20 October 2026) would change that only once
+gazetted. Payap stays an option beside Mueang Chi.
 
 ### Payap scenario model (October 2026)