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

According to the Electricity North West website, houses in Clitheroe, Rishton, Chorley and Blackburn with Darwen will be hit with cuts whilst works are undertaken.

The first cut is set to come into effect today, Tuesday March 7, in Chorley and will impact seven homes and businesses.

The PR7 5ND, PR7 3RA, PR7 1PA postcodes will be impacted by the power cuts.

Another planned power cut will hit homes in Little Harwood and Whitebirk, Blackburn with Darwen on March 8.

Approximately 31 homes will be impacted in the BB1 9EY, PR3 3ZQ, PR3 3YA, PR3 3XU postcodes.

On March 9, 27 homes and businesses in Little Harwood and Whitebirk, Blackburn with Darwen will be hit with power cuts.

The BB1 4AH, BB1 4AJ, BB1 4AD, BB6 7UW, BB1 4AB, BB1 4AP, BB1 4AT postcodes will be impacted.

Another cut is set to come into effect on March 3, in Darwen and will impact 31 homes and businesses.

The BB3 2UB, BB3 2UD, BB3 2UA, BB3 2QD, BB3 2QE, BB3 2QF postcodes will be impacted.

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Two areas in East Lancashire will also have planned power cuts taking place on March 12.

Approximately 21 homes and businesses will be without power in Chorley North and Astley in the PR6 7BX postcode.

Approximately three homes and businesses will also be without power in Rishton, Hyndburn.

The BB1 3NU, BB1 3HT postcodes will be impacted.

Four areas of East Lancashire will have planned power cuts on March 13.

Approximately 85 homes and businesses in Darwen will be without power impacting the BB3 2LS, BB3 2LX, BB3 2TY, BB3 2TT, BB3 2LY, BB3 2LZ, BB3 2PP, BB3 2TU, BB3 2TT postcodes.

Approximately 16 homes and businesses in Ewood, Blackburn with Darwen will be without power impacting the BB3 0LJ, BB3 0LH, BB3 0LL postcodes.

Euxton in Chorley will have approximately 21 homes and businesses without power, also on March 13.

The PR7 6DD, PR7 6EQ, PR7 6ER, PR7 6EN, PR7 6EW, PR7 6ET postcodes will be impacted.

Finally, approximately 13 homes and businesses in Clitheroe, Ribble Valley, will be hit with power cuts.

These cuts will impact the BB7 4EF, BB7 4EE postcodes.

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.

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“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.”