Mountains of waste were dumped at a £10million business park after several caravans had set up camp on the abandoned site.
Shocking images of a dead-end road between the M4 and A48 laid bare the extent of the 'catastrophe' near Bridgend, South Wales.
Piles of garden waste, furniture, rubble, construction materials - and even a battered caravan - had been left on the road, blighting Brocastle Business Park in recent days.
Packed black bin bags, bricks, wires, piles of broken wood and a dismantled armchair were also among the sea of rubbish abandoned along the street.
A resident, living near the unused development site which received £10million of Welsh Government funding, described the scene as a 'zombie apocalypse'.
The local, who asked not to be named, said everything had been 'left completely trashed' after between 30 and 50 caravans had left the site.
Twenty caravans could be found at the site on a regular basis, the resident said, adding that it had been vacated over the weekend.
All the streetlights along the unused road had been battered, with shards of glass scattered along the road.
'Everything they've left is trashed,' the local said. 'It's in such disarray. We walked over there this morning and just saw the catastrophe over there and couldn't believe it was so bad.'
Shocking images of a dead-end road between the M4 and A48 laid bare the extent of the 'catastrophe' near Bridgend, South Wales
Piles of garden waste, furniture, rubble, construction materials - and even a battered caravan - had been left on the road, blighting Brocastle Business Park in recent days
Tyres, building waste, wires and more were among the rubbish dumped on the road among the shards of glass from the broken streetlight bulbs
A resident, living near the unused development site which received £10million of Welsh Government funding, described the scene as a 'zombie apocalypse'
The local, who asked not to be named, said everything had been 'left completely trashed' after around 30 and 50 caravans had left the site
Of the incident, a Welsh Government spokesman said: 'Fly-tipping is a crime and is never justified under any circumstances.'
Brocastle Business Park, also known as Brocastle Employment Park, was completed in November 2021 and was designed to give an economic boost to the area.
The Welsh Government funnelled £10million into the development around five miles away from junction 35 on the M4.
Around £6.2million was awarded through the European Regional Development Fund amid hopes the development would provide 'a substantial stimulus to employment opportunities'.
An extra £2million was also given to the development in a bid to connect it to the Waterton employment site with an active travel route, the BBC reported.
Yet despite it being completed almost five years ago, the site remains empty - bar a group of people who had been living there in recent months, according to the local.
They added that it seemed the group had been carrying out building and garden work before waste was found brazenly strewn across the road.
A Welsh Government spokesman said: 'Fly-tipping is a crime and is never justified under any circumstances. We continue to target those who chose to break the law and pollute our environment.
'The Brocastle Business Park land has been subject to unauthorised occupation. The occupants have recently vacated and steps to resecure and remove the waste from site are underway.'
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