A residential area may see problem rejected in advance (6)
I believe the answer is:
suburb
'a residential area' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'problem rejected in advance' is the wordplay.
'problem' becomes 'rub'.
'rejected' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'advance' becomes 'sub' (I've seen this in other clues).
'rub' reversed gives 'bur'.
'bur' put within 'sub' is 'SUBURB'.
'may see' is the link.
(Other definitions for suburb that I've seen before include "Area on the periphery of a city" , "Residential city area" , "Residential district on a city's outskirts" , "Outer town area" , "Present (bill); melt down (fat)" .)