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

According to the Electricity North West website, houses in Ewood, Blackburn with Darwen, Hareholme, Rossendale and Little Harwood & Whitebirk, Blackburn with Darwen will be hit with cuts whilst works are undertaken.

The first cut is set to come into effect on March 22, in Ewood, Blackburn with Darwen and will impact 16 homes and businesses.

The BB3 0LJ, BB3 0LH, BB3 0LL postcodes will be impacted by the power cuts.

Another planned power cut will hit homes in Hareholme, Rossendale, on March 23.

Approximately seven homes and businesses will be impacted by the cuts at the BB4 7AF, BB4 7JH postcodes.

Finally, approximately five homes and businesses will be hit with power cuts in Little Harwood and Whitebirk, Blackburn with Darwen.

On March 24, the BB1 9EQ postcode will be impacted by planned power cuts.

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.”