Hugh Grant's privacy campaign goes off the rails Hugh Grant was so angered by the tabloid newspapers" alleged intrusion into his private life that he became a campaigner for state regulation of the press. Now, however, the foppish star of Four Weddings and a Funeral is backing plans which, it is claimed, impinge on the privacy of householders in the West Country. During a visit to the Helston Railway, in Cornwall, Grant signed a petition in support of the railway's controversial planning application to build a new platform and access road. Opponents of the plans say visitors peer into their living rooms and bedrooms while making their way to the railway. Campaigners have written an open letter to the star of Notting Hill, calling on him to return to the hamlet of Prospidnick to hear their views in person. "We are very disappointed that Mr Grant, who has led very high-profile campaigns against invasion of privacy, has now given his backing to the Helston Railway Company scheme, which erodes the privacy of a number of local families," says Adrian Curtis, a local resident. We currently get Helston Railway visitors looking into our bedroom and living room windows when they walk to the train, this will only get worse if Helston Railway are granted planning permission to build a railway station at Trevarno Farm. We have asked Hugh Grant to meet with us and give us the same amount of time that he gave Helston Railway, so that we can put our side of the story. In a statement, the Sithney parish residents say: "We are disappointed that the high-profile privacy campaigner has given his backing to a planning application, on a visit to Helston Railway at Prospidnick last week. The group firmly believes these planning applications impinge on the privacy of a number of families living in Prospidnick hamlet. The group is opposing the development on the grounds that it would lead to a loss of privacy and quality of life along with the impact that a new access road would have on the local environment.