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In a report, the authority said it secured £12 million for the first phase of a scheme on the Upper Don Valley to protect parts of Hillsborough and Owlerton that flooded after extreme rain in November.

Construction work is due to start by the end of this year and the council has submitted a businesses case to the government for a further £14 million for the second part of the scheme in Neepsend and Kelham.

Preparations are being made to ask for more money to protect Sheaf and Porter valleys too.

A car sits in floodwater near Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield where some people were forced to stay overnight after heavy rain and flooding caused local roads to become gridlocked. Picture date: Friday November 8, 2019. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

The work aims to reduce the likelihood of the city’s rivers flooding surrounding areas from 10 percent to 1 percent by 2025 and then to 0.5 percent by 2030, as part of a four phase process.

The council said without the funding they are asking for, by 2080 more than 4,000 homes and 1,341 businesses will be at risk of flooding in the Upper Don and Sheaf river valleys alone resulting in potential damages of £317 million.

James Fletcher, service manager for flood and water, said in a report: “Sheffield’s valley communities and some of the city’s key assets are at risk of flooding from its main rivers and watercourses. Those risks are forecast to increase over the coming century as the effects of changing weather patterns brought about by climate change take hold.

“The City Council and the Environment Agency are working in a strategic partnership with other agencies operating in the city to reduce the risk of flooding in Sheffield primarily through the provision and operation of capital defence infrastructure combined with natural flood management in the uplands above the city.”

It follows £20 million work on a Lower Don Valley flood defence system.

The council said this work meant "significantly less" properties flooded in the extreme downpour last year and flooding was limited to a few locations, mainly caused by rivers and watercourses overtopping compared with the 2007 floods which killed two people and forced hundreds to evacuate.

The plans will be discussed at an economic and environmental scrutiny meeting on March 17.

Government needs to give Sheffield millions more to protect city from flooding, claim Sheffield Council