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

According to the Electricity North West website, houses in Burnley, Rossendale, Chorley and the Ribble Valley will be hit with cuts while works are undertaken.

The first cut is set to come into effect on Monday, April 17, in Padiham, and will impact 30 homes and businesses.

The BB11 5QX, BB11 5QT, BB11 5QU, BB11 5QR, BB12 9DT postcodes will be impacted by the power cuts.

Also on April 17, 255 homes and businesses will be hit with power cuts in Stacksteads, Rossendale.

The power cuts will hit homes in the OL13 0HU, OL13 0ET, OL13 0TS, OL13 0HF, OL13 0EJ, OL13 0EX, OL13 8LN, OL13 0HG, OL13 0HD, OL13 0HB, OL13 8JS, OL13 0TT, OL13 0EZ, OL13 9NH, OL13 0TY, OL13 0TX, OL13 0HE, OL13 0ES, OL13 0EU, OL13 8LL, OL13 0UE postcodes.

On April 18, 54 homes and businesses will be hit with cuts in Longholme, Rossendale.

The BB4 8UE, BB4 8JH, BB4 8JQ, BB4 8HH, BB4 8UD, BB4 8JJ, BB4 8LQ, BB4 8RR, BB4 8UB, BB4 8TY, BB4 8TX, BB4 8TU, BB4 8UA, BB4 8XG, BB4 8TZ postcodes will be impacted by the power cuts.

Also on April 18, according to the Electricity North West website 36 homes and businesses will be impacted by power cuts in Heskin, Chorley.

The PR7 5NR, PR7 5QA postcodes will be impacted.

Another planned power cut will hit homes in Padiham on April 18.

Approximately 86 homes and businesses will be impacted in the BB12 8UA, BB12 8UD, BB12 8UB, BB12 8HP, BB12 8TX, BB12 8TY, BB12 9AA, BB12 9AB, BB12 9AP, BB12 9AW, BB12 9BJ, BB12 9BS postcodes.

Finally, on April 18, eight homes and businesses in Whalley will be impacted by power cuts.

These will impact homes in the BB7 9PH, BB7 9PQ 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.

“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.”