Directorate Change

Barratt Developments PLC
27 June 2006


27 June 2006

                            Barratt Developments PLC

                           CEO Succession at Barratt

Barratt Developments PLC, the UK's leading national housebuilder, announces that
Group Chief Executive David Pretty is to retire at the end of this year. David
Pretty, aged 61, has been a main board director at Barratt for sixteen years and
was appointed the Group's Chief Executive in October, 2002.

Following a national recruitment exercise Barratt has appointed Mark Clare,
currently Managing Director of Centrica's British Gas Residential Energy
operation, to replace David Pretty on his retirement. Mark Clare, 48, joined
British Gas in 1994, becoming Centrica's Finance Director in 1997 and Managing
Director of British Gas Residential Energy in 2002. Mark Clare was a
Non-Executive Director of BAA Plc until its recent acquisition. Mark Clare will
be joining the Barratt Group at the beginning of October to ensure an orderly
handover.

Barratt Developments PLC confirms that there is no other information to be
disclosed pursuant to the Listing Rules in relation to the appointment of Mark
Clare.

Barratt Chairman Charles Toner said:

'David was planning to retire around his 62nd birthday so we have had time to
plan the succession and conduct an extensive recruitment exercise.

David Pretty has given outstanding service to this Company - 27 years in total,
16 years as a Main Board Director and 4 years as Group Chief Executive, 2 years
longer than he agreed on appointment.

Under David's leadership the Group has announced successive years of record
growth in volumes and pre-tax profit. He will leave the business well placed to
continue its success into the future and we wish David and his family a long,
happy and well deserved retirement.

The Board is delighted to have secured someone of the calibre of Mark Clare as
its Group Chief Executive. His outstanding track record and experience as a FTSE
100 Managing Director, combined with the very strong Barratt management team he
inherits, gives us an exceptional blend of skills inside the Board.

On 24th July we will be issuing our normal trading update when we expect to
confirm to the market that we are on track to meet market expectations and
deliver our 14th consecutive year of growth. With healthy forward sales and a
strong land bank we remain well placed for the future.'

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For further information please contact:

Barratt Developments PLC                                          020 7067 0700
David Pretty, Group Chief Executive
Mark Pain, Group Finance Director

Weber Shandwick Square Mile                                       020 7067 0700
Terry Garrett / Chris Lynch / Nick Dibden






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