Supporting documents - Renfrewshire Council

Goodson Associates
5.0 HISTORICAL LAND USE
Proposed Store Development, Wallneuk Road, Paisley - 9692
The history of land use within the site boundary, and surrounding areas, has
been investigated by reviewing a succession of historic maps 9 . The previous
land use within and out with the site assists in the formulation of the
preliminary CSM, by assessing potential contaminative activities and there
relation to the proposed development and the wider environment. Presented
as (Appendix 3) and summarised below are the key points relating to the site
and surrounding land use.
5.1 Summary of Land Use- within Site Boundary
A combination of the 1:10,560 and 1:2,500 scale maps provides the most
accurate use of the and within the site boundary and surrounding area. The
earliest map edition with complete coverage of the site boundary is the
1:10,560 of 1845. The site is occupied by early signs of industrial
development with a goods shed, railway sidings and an engineering works on
the western boundary. The remainder of the site is largely open undeveloped
land used for allotments. By 1897, approximately 80% of the site is occupied
by railway sidings, cranes, goods station and an iron foundry. A starch works
is located in the north western corner with a branch line leading to the factory.
The Gallowhill branch railway line bounds the north of the site, whilst the main
Paisley-Glasgow branch line bounds the south of the site. The map edition of
1913 indicates that the former starch works has been removed and the area
now occupied by a tramway and cranes.
By 1938, the site is occupied by the Vulcan Engineering works (formerly the
Iron foundry) and there is a reduction in the number of railway sidings within
the boundary. No appreciable changes are depicted in the map edition of
1951, the majority of the land use within the site boundary. In the vicinity of
the Vulcan engineering works a tank and boiler house are noted. A refuse tip
is noted in the northeast of the site. The land use with the site boundary
remains relatively unchanged until the early 1980’s.
By 1983, the majority of the former railway sidings and goods storage shed(s)
have been removed and Wallneuk Road is established in the south of the site.
New warehousing and a factory are located in the area of the former Vulcan
Engineering works in the west and north western portions of the site. An
indoor bowling club is present in the northeast, with a petrol filling station
occupying the extreme North West boundary.
The map edition of 1992 depicts that the former factory in the northwest of the
site is now a warehouse, with the southern portion used as lorry/car park. The
PFS on the north western boundary is no longer annotated although
structures remain. No major changes occur until the present day, although the
warehouse in the northwest of the site has been used as an indoor 10 pin
bowling alley. This however appeared disused during the site reconnaissance
survey.
There are no other changes evident in the map edition of 2008, and up to the
present day (September 2008). The PFS has been remediated.
9 Historic maps provided by Landmark.
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