Cumbria Wildlife Trust’s planning officer has described the site at Kirksanton as one of the most important areas in the country for natterjack toads.The trust estimates the area is home to around 24 per cent of the UK’s natterjack population.Writing in the May edition of Cumbrian Wildlife magazine, Dr Kate Willshaw said: “It is the most damaging proposal for wildlife in Cumbria that we have seen in the last 10 years.“Kirksanton is incredibly special. As well as holding a collection of designations that protects the land and its wildlife, it is home to a number of European protected species.”Dr Willshaw told the Evening Mail: “It would destroy a lot of habitats. The whole Duddon Estuary is a stronghold for natterjack toads.”