Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barratt Developments PLC
30 October 2006

BARRATT DEVELOPMENTS PLC : DISPOSAL OF SHARES FROM EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUST



Barratt Developments PLC announce the disposal of shares held in the Barratt
Developments Employee Benefit Trust of which the following directors are
potential beneficiaries:-



Mr MS Clare

Mr DA Pretty

Mr SJ Boyes

Mr C Fenton

Mr GK Hester

Mr MA Pain





Barratt Developments PLC were informed on the 30th October 2006 that on the 30th
October 2006 Mourant & Co. Trustees Limited, as trustee of Barratt Developments
Employee Benefit Trust ('the Trust'), disposed of 1,500 Ordinary Shares in the
Company at a price of £1074.0p per share in satisfaction of options made under
Barratt Developments Employee Share Option Plan.



The Trust is a discretionary trust of which all employees, including executive
directors, of the Company and its subsidiaries are potential beneficiaries.
Each of the executive directors of the Company is, therefore, interested in the
shares held in the Trust from time to time in the same way as other employees of
the Group and ceases to be so interested when the Trust disposes of shares.



This notification is being given pursuant to Section 329 of the Companies Act
1985 (as amended).





Contact Name:           Mr Laurence Dent

Contact Number:         0191 227 2000

Notification Date:      30th October 2006


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