In a report, planning officers said: “Attercliffe has an important historical association with the steel industry, and the late 19th and early 20th centuries saw the rapid development of terraced workers’ housing to support the growing industry.
“The decline of the steel industry, together with slum clearance, resulted in the significant shrinking of the local population.
“There is little residential development in Attercliffe, with the nearest neighbourhood being in Darnall.”
The council said Attercliffe had a “poor image” because of heavy traffic, untidy open spaces and run-down empty buildings and plots of land.
