A FRESH crackdown on abandoned vehicles is under way on an East Lancashire industrial estate.

Several four-by-four vehicles have been plastered with removal notices issued by Blackburn with Darwen Council in Pickup Street, Daisyfield.

One vehicle seen by the Lancashire Telegraph - a Mitsubishi Shogun - had a registration plate.

But two others nearby - a Range Rover and a second Shogun - did not.

The notice reads: "Under the powers given to Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council within the Removal and Disposal of Vehicles Regulations 1986, we have instructed a registered contractor to remove the vehicle this notice is attached to.

"This may have been reported as abandoned, vandalised or causing a nuisance."

Each of the owners has been told they had seven days to remove the off-roaders - the notices were each dated April 25 - before it was removed by the authority.

The notice adds: "If you do not contact the council within seven days of the removal of the vehicle the collection company are entitled to scrap the vehicle or sell it to recoup their costs.

"Upon payment of the removal costs you must produce a current MOT/tax/insurance certificate for the vehicle to secure its release."

The issuing of the notices follows a crackdown by Lancashire Police and Hyndburn Council's environment department earlier this month in Accrington.

Residents in the Richmond Road, Fairfield Street and Hartley Avenue area had long complained of vehicles being abandoned locally.

Six cars were seized - and seven-day notices also issued - alongside a large wagon thought to have been abandoned in Richmond Road.

A police spokesman said then: “The day was very successful which will send a costly message to the people who leave these cars abandoned.”