CCTV cameras installed outside Twickenham stadium are causing controversy, with one resident claiming his human rights have been breached.

UPDATE (12:39PM): Twickenham MP accuses RFU of "antagonising the local community" over controversial CCTV cameras

Spencer Chisnall, who lives in Whitton Road, opposite the stadium, said he "feels like banging his head against a brick wall" after the cameras were installed outside his home.

The RFU's initial application for the cameras, as well as new fencing and turnstiles, was blocked by Richmond Council's planning committee in July.

But the RFU went ahead anyway and since received retrospective planning permission to install the security cameras, infuriating Mr Chisnall.

He said: "These CCTV cameras are on a pole, level with my bedroom window - I've written to the council because planning permission was refused but they put it up anyway.

"I have had no chance to object to it, I'm quite angry about it but I'm not sure what I can do?

"To me, this makes a mockery of the planning system - I feel like banging my head against a brick wall."

He said the council has told him the cameras would be "blacked out" when directed at his house, to ensure his privacy is not breached but Mr Chisnall said it is no reassurance.

He added: "They say they will be blacked out but that is no reassurance because we all know that software fails.

"There are serious privacy issues here, this is against my human rights - how can they just ignore being refused planning permission and go ahead with it anyway?

"The RFU need to realise that they don't own Twickenham."

Another Whitton Road resident, George Campbell, objected the proposals in July, citing privacy concerns.

He wrote: ""The 'blind spot' promises are not good enough.

"Once the RFU have these cameras in place they will, in time, do what they want as usual."

A spokesman for the RFU said: "The CCTV cameras have been there for years but there were some blind spots.

"For the World Cup, they are for the crowd safety and location security.

"They cannot look into local homes and we agreed with the council that we would apply for retrospective planning permission."

They added that the cameras were "likely" to remain in place beyond the end of the tournament this month.

A Richmond Council spokesman said the matter was being investigated.