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

According to the Electricity North West website, houses in Blackburn with Darwen, Burnley and the Ribble Valley will be without power whilst works are undertaken.

The first cut is set to come into effect on Thursday, April 27, in North Turton and will impact 53 homes and businesses.

The BL7 0JG, BL7 0JQ, BL7 0JH, BL7 0JJ, BL7 0JL, BL7 0JN, BL7 0JP, BL7 0JW, BL7 0JZ postcodes will be impacted by the power cuts.

Another planned power cut will hit homes in Padiham on April 28.

Approximately 33 homes will be impacted in the BB12 9EP, BB12 9ER, BB12 9ES, BB12 9BX, BB12 9LX, BB12 9LU postcodes.

Finally on April 30, 46 customers will be impacted by power cuts in Read.

These cuts will impact residents in the BB7 9DL, BB7 9FB, BB7 9DW, BB7 9DN, BB12 7PB, BB12 7RP 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.”