The Cherry Trees Residents' Amenities Association (CTRAA) is the neighbourhood association for Londoners who live in the Kensington Palace Conservation Area between Kensington Palace Gardens and Kensington Church Street. More details about the catchment area can be found on the page This is the CTRAA. Our aims are to improve our neighbourhood, to function as its representative towards the borough council and other authorities, and to provide opportunities for our members to meet each other and to enjoy other benefits from time to time.
We monitor planning applications (making submissions on behalf of the membership where appropriate), we keep an eye on the state of our beloved cherry trees, pavements, dog mess, traffic and parking, and contact the appropriate authorities when trees need to be replaced, pavements need to be repaired, dog mess becomes a problem, or the street sweeping stops working.
We have also committee members who liaise with the police and keep the CTRAA members informed about crime in the area. To provide opportunities for our members to meet, we host garden parties at which everyone is welcome (they are free to members and open to others upon payment of a small entrance fee). Our parties are generously sponsored by local businesses, so assured of a high standard of catering. Our party schedule is posted in the events calendar.
Our members help us to achieve all of this by paying an annual subscription which we use to further our aims. The annual subscription is £15 per person.
I do hope that you will be encouraged to join us. If you would like any further details about the Cherry Trees, please do contact any member of the committee.
Yours faithfully,
Bruce Fair, Chairman, CTRAA.
Already a member? Renew your membership.
Alternatively, you can join the CTRAA by downloading the postal form which is completed, and then mailed or delivered by hand to:
Christian Klotz
CTRAA Membership
Flat 4
17 Vicarage Gate
London W8 4AA
Email: membership@ctraa.org.uk
As a result of the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on 25 May 2018, the CTRAA has formulated its own privacy policy.
The Cherry Trees Residents' Amenities Association 2026