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               07 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         9,311,222   3.82%       674,665     0.28%
securities
(2) Derivatives        118,201   0.05%       644,306     0.26%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and              0   0.00%             0     0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell

Total                9,429,423   3.87%     1,318,971     0.54%


(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      326                  11.4380
Purchase      8,443                11.4036
Purchase      2,200                11.5908
Purchase      2,731                11.6023
Purchase      400                  11.5776
Purchase      500                  11.5680
Purchase      300                  11.4780
Purchase      325                  11.4380
Purchase      300                  11.5980
Purchase      34,838               11.5313
Purchase      7,946                11.4664
Purchase      11,692               11.5542
Purchase      600                  11.5080
Purchase      686                  11.5481
Purchase      2,784                11.6000
Purchase      500                  11.5680
Sale          89                   11.2220
Sale          11,692               11.5542
Sale          1,852                11.5900
Sale          20,345               11.5549
Sale          12,690               11.5977
Sale          3,314                11.7476
Sale          1,084                11.5800
Sale          800                  11.2900
Sale          686                  11.4958
Sale          449                  11.5720
Sale          11,692               11.5542
Sale          1,033                11.1154
Sale          2,860                11.1154
Sale          18,625               11.4246
Sale          4,119                11.4805
Sale          269                  11.6000

(b)  Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name,    Long/Short     Number of          Price Per Unit
                                Securities
CFD              Short          8443               11.4036
CFD              Short          7946               11.4663
CFD              Short          34838              11.5313
CFD              Short          686                11.548
CFD              Short          5787               11.5534
CFD              Short          2200               11.5908
CFD              Short          2731               11.6023
CFD              Long           800                11.29
CFD              Long           18625              11.4245
CFD              Long           686                11.4957
CFD              Long           41107              11.5487
CFD              Long           11692              11.5542
CFD              Long           20345              11.5549
CFD              Long           12690              11.5976
CFD              Long           3314               11.7476

(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                         08 March 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