Multiple areas in East Lancashire will be hit with planned power cuts from Wednesday onwards as works are undertaken by Electricity North West.

According to the Electricity North West website, houses in the Ribble Valley, Rossendale, Chorley, and Blackburn with Darwen will be hit with cuts.

The first cut is set to come into effect on Wednesday March 1, in Worsley, Rossendale and will impact eight homes and businesses.

The BB4 4AT and BB4 5TR postcodes will be impacted by the power cuts.

On the same day, 43 homes and businesses will be hit with power cuts in Hoghton, Chorley.

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The PR5 0RR, PR5 0RB, PR5 0RU, PR5 0RS, PR5 0RG and PR5 0RT postcodes will be impacted.

Another planned power cut will hit homes in Greenwood, Rossendale, on March 2.

Approximately 14 homes will be hit with the cuts impacting the BB4 4AU and BB4 4AT postcodes.

On March 5, approximately 16 homes and businesses will be without power in Croston, Chorley.

The cuts will impact homes in the L40 3SA, L40 3SB, L40 2Q2 and L40 3TH postcodes.

Also on March 5, 10 homes and businesses will be without power in Whittle-Le-Woods, Chorley.

The PR6 7DT and PR6 7DU postcodes will be impacted.

Finally on March 6, two East Lancashire areas will be without power.

Little Harwood and Whitebirk in Blackburn with Darwen will have approximately five homes and businesses without power.

These will be in the BB1 9EQ postcode.

And two customers in Wilpshire, Ribble Valley, will also be without power, impacting residents on BB1 9LJ.

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Clive Wilkinson, operations director at Electricity North West, said: “A lot of the work we do happens in the background and customers aren’t always affected, we even have ‘live lines’ teams who can work on live electricity equipment without turning power off, however, sometimes we do have to turn people’s power off so that our engineers can work on the network safely.

“Planned power cuts allow us to carry out vital work such as maintaining the network, carrying out repairs and installing new connections, which ensures that homes and businesses continue to receive the best supply possible in the long term.

“With every planned power cut, we’ll always give at least 10 days’ notice, won’t turn power off before 9am and electricity will be back on before 5pm.

“Unfortunately, not all power cuts are planned and can happen for a variety of reasons with no warning because of the weather, vandalism or even birds hitting overhead lines.

“Our teams are on hand 24/7 365 days a year and should anybody ever need any more information during a power cut, whether planned or not, they can follow Electricity North West on Twitter or Facebook for updates, or call us free on 105.”