Rule 8.3 - BARRATT DEVELOPMENTS

FORM 8.3

    DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
              (Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)


1.   KEY INFORMATION

Name of person dealing        BARCLAYS PLC
(Note 1)
Company dealt in              BARRATT DEVELOPMENTS
Class of relevant security    ORD GBP0.10
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing               30 March 2007

2.   INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE

  (a)  Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant
       security dealt in (Note 3)

                            Long                    Short

                      Number       (%)        Number       (%)

(1) Relevant         9,591,156   3.94%       682,761     0.28%
securities
(2) Derivatives        360,420   0.15%       855,422     0.35%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%             0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total                9,951,576   4.08%     1,538,183     0.63%


(b)  Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
     than the class dealt in (Note 3)

Class of                    Long                     Short
relevant
security:

                  Number              (%)   Number              (%)

(1) Relevant
securities

(2) Derivatives
(other than
options)

(3) Options and
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total


  (c)  Rights to subscribe (Note 3)

Class of relevant security:   Details



3.   DEALINGS (Note 4)

  (a)  Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale Number of Securities Price per unit
                                   (GBP)
Purchase      12,100               11.0108
Purchase      400                  11.1040
Purchase      191                  11.0180
Purchase      375                  11.1040
Purchase      450                  11.0080
Purchase      205                  11.0522
Purchase      1,559                11.0000
Purchase      29,909               11.0500
Purchase      5,591                11.0638
Purchase      350                  11.1040
Purchase      1,98                 11.0134
Purchase      2,000                10.9914
Purchase      229                  11.0500
Purchase      1,595                Transfer
Purchase      1,595                Transfer
Purchase      1,415                11.0500
Sale          26,283               Transfer
Sale          1,595                Transfer
Sale          544                  11.0500
Sale          30,823               11.1256
Sale          5                    11.0380
Sale          5,524                11.0403
Sale          124                  11.0840
Sale          1,595                Transfer
Sale          100                  11.1140
Sale          100                  11.3177
Sale          700                  10.9689
Sale          22,248               11.0646
Sale          125                  11.1240
Sale          2,227                11.0200
Sale          267                  10.9920
Sale          1,140                11.0900
Sale          288                  11.0240

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,    Long/Short     Number of          Price Per Unit
                                Securities
CFD              Short          2000               10.9913
CFD              Short          9981               11.0091
CFD              Short          12100              11.0107
CFD              Short          1988               11.0133
CFD              Short          1415               11.05
CFD              Short          205                11.0521
CFD              Short          5591               11.0638
CFD              Long           700                10.9689
CFD              Long           5                  11.038
CFD              Long           5524               11.0402
CFD              Long           20436              11.0633
CFD              Long           1812               11.079
CFD              Long           1140               11.09
CFD              Long           30823              11.1256
CFD              Long           100                11.3177

(c)  Options transactions in respect of existing securities

(i)  Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name,   Writing,          Number of          Exercise  Type, e.g.      Expiry   Option money
e.g. call       selling,          securities to      price     American,       date     paid/received
option          purchasing,       which the option             European etc.            per unit (GBP)
                varying etc.      relates (GBP)


(ii) Exercising

Product name, e.g.  Number of           Exercise price per
call option         securities          unit (Note 5)




(d)  Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)


Nature of transaction Details           Price per unit
(Note 8)                                (if applicable)
                                        (Note 5)





4.   OTHER INFORMATION
None

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives


Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the
person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of
any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or
relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any
relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is
referenced.  If none, this should be stated.



Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9)                 NO


Date of disclosure                         02 April 2007
Contact name                               BARCLAYS COMPLIANCE
Telephone number                           020 7116 2913
If a connected EFM, name of
offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of
connection (Note 10)


Notes

The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk