Holding in Company

Barratt Developments PLC
14 August 2000


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
Barratt Developments PLC

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
FMR Corp and its direct and indirect subsidiaries and Fidelity International
Limited (FIL) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that
person's spouse or children under the age of 18:
Non-beneficial holders named in (2)

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
  450,000 shares - Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited
3,783,661 shares - Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Limited
  479,400 shares - Chase Nominees Ltd.
  108,790 shares - Citibank
  168,940 shares - MSS Nominees Ltd.
1,365,300 shares - Chase Nominees Ltd.
  530,850 shares - Nortrust Nominees Ltd.
   75,200 shares - Gracechurch Nominees
1,857,100 shares - Bankers Trust
   61,300 shares - BT Globenet Nominees Ltd.
1,988,162 shares - RBS Trust Bank
   84,210 shares - Citibank
  382,360 shares - Bank of New York Europe
  412,700 shares - Northern Trust

11,747,973 shares in total

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
1,583,410 shares

6   Percentage of issued class:
0.68%

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
Not applicable

8   Percentage of issued class:
Not applicable

9   Class of security:
Ordinary Shares of 10p Each Fully Paid

10  Date of transaction:
Purchases since last notification on 26th June, 2000.

11  Date company informed:
14th August, 2000

12  Total holding following this notification:
11,747,973 shares

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
5.03%

14  Contact name for queries:
Mr. C.A. Dearlove

15 Contact telephone number:
0191 2866811

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Mr. C.A. Dearlove

17  Date of notification:
14th August, 2000





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