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 Clitheroe, Rossendale, Chorley and Blackburn with Darwen will be hit with cuts while works are undertaken.

The first is set to come into effect on Wednesday April 12 in Clitheroe, Ribble Valley and will impact 11 homes and businesses.

The BB7 1PR postcode will be impacted by the power cuts.

Another planned power cut will hit homes in Eden, Rossendale on Thursday, April 13.

Approximately 26 homes and businesses will be impacted in the BL0 0SZ, BL0 0QR, BL0 0QS postcodes.

Also on Thursday, approximately 24 homes and businesses in Chorley North and Astley will be hit with power cuts.

The works are set to impact homes in the PR6 9AW, PR6 9AN, PR6 9DL, PR6 9DJ, PR6 9DW postcodes.

Finally on Friday, April 14, seven customers will be impacted by power cuts in North Turton, Blackburn with Darwen.

These cuts will impact residents in the BL7 0JN postcode.

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.”