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 Colne, Burnley, Ribble Valley and various parts of Chorley will be hit with cuts whilst works are undertaken.

The first cut is set to come into effect on Wednesday June 7, in Colne, Pendle, and will impact six homes or businesses.

The BB8 8NS postcode will be impacted by the power cuts.

Another planned power cut will hit homes in Padiham, Burnley, on June 7.

Approximately 17 homes or businesses will be impacted in the BB12 8UB, BB12 8HP, BB12 8UD, BB12 8TX, BB12 8UA postcodes.

On June 8, one home or business will be impacted by a planned power cut in Billington and Langho, Ribble Valley in the BB6 8BB postcode.

Another set of cuts are to hit 54 homes in Croston, Chorley, on June 9.

The L40 1SL, L40 2QF, L40 2QD, L40 2PA, L40 2QE, L40 2QH postcodes will be impacted.

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Heading into the second week of June, there will be 24 homes or businesses without power in Heath Charnock, Chorley, from June 12.

The cuts will hit homes in the PR6 9AW, PR6 9DW, PR6 9DJ, PR6 9AN, PR6 9DL postcodes.

Finally on June 12, there will 89 homes or businesses without power in Anderton, Chorley.

The BL6 5HL, BL6 5GU, BL6 5GS postcodes will be impacted.

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.

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