The area of Lower Broughton, in Salford has gone through a major transformation. A development of residential accommodation and local facilities have replaced brownfield sites and run-down, unpopular terraced housing.   Ainsley Gommon was appointed as Landscape Architects to carry out the landscape and urban design of the whole redevelopment area. This included all the hard and soft landscaped areas; public spaces, shared courtyards, major streets, ‘home zone’ style streets and private gardens. The overall project principles aimed to: -redevelop Lower Broughton to encourage a vibrant, harmonious, inclusive and sustainable community -improve integration with the surrounding neighbourhoods, but increasing permeability for pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles -improve security and minimise anti-social behaviour by designing high quality public realm which is integral with the built form and over-looked -build on the areas existing identity and create a sense of place The first phase which included over 200 units contained a new pedestrian spine route that linked the northern end of the development with a new park and the creation of a new landscape space adjacent to an existing church in the south. The design of a new market place, included a traffic free space and lots of trees to provide a green visual thread framing and enhancing views with the creation of a wildlife corridor. The landscape design helps to aid way finding and ease of orientation though the simplified routes and highlighting key views. The scheme is fully integrated with the existing surrounding infrastructure reinforcing linkages beyond the sites perimeter. The subsequent phases of the redevelopment included a further 800 units and new public open spaces, providing new opportunities for leisure, recreation and play, incorporating the same design principles adopted in the first phase.