Dr Saira Ali FLI is an award-winning Landscape Architect and Team Leader of Bradford Council’s Landscape Design & Conservation Team. With a passion for placemaking, she champions the role of green and public spaces in shaping resilient, connected, and sustainable communities. Saira’s work integrates landscape-led solutions into transport and urban planning, ensuring that streets and public spaces are designed not just for movement, but for people.

A strong advocate for the landscape profession, Saira’s leadership drives projects that prioritise active travel, climate resilience, and biodiversity. Her team’s work transforms public spaces into greener, healthier environments, enhancing walkability, social inclusion, and wellbeing. Through innovative design and community engagement, she is making a lasting impact—ensuring that landscape architecture is central to the future of sustainable transport and placemaking.