A PADIHAM councillor and county councillor is concerned about rat infestations in the town after a shopper complained about seeing the rodents on a department store car park.
Cllr Alan Hosker acted after receiving an email about the animals running around near the Boyes branch on Burnley Road.
He said the infestation was ‘disgusting’ and contacted Burnley Council.
It inspected the car park and blamed people feeding ducks in a nearby river.
The resident told Cllr Hosker - borough councillor of Hapton with Park ward and county councillor for Padiham and Burnley West: “Today I visited Boyes in Padiham and was appalled to see the number of rats on the car park.