Council staff moved swiftly to remove an unauthorised encampment that pitched up in Tiverton last month.
A number of traveller caravans parked on district council land behind Morrisons supermarket of Kennedy Way at the end of April.
It was brought to the council's attention on April 23 and eviction notices were put up the following day. An enforcement team arrive at 9am on April 24 and most people had left the site by 10.30am.
Councillor Les Cruwys (Cranmore, Liberal Democrats) spoke at Mid Devon District Councils meeting on Wednesday, April 28.
He said: The job was so quick and so thorough the last of the travellers left the site at 10.30 am.
I went down to have a look and chat with the enforcement officers. Fortunately, there were only a couple of black plastic bags of rubbish there, although the main gate to the site had been damaged.
With the weather being dry, they had not churned the grass up too much, so at the moment, it doesnt look as though anything has been there.
He said the gate had been repaired and the rubbished cleared.
Hopefully, we can put in place preventative measures to stop a recurrence," he added.
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