Holding in Company

Barratt Developments PLC
29 September 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:
  550,000 shares - FMRCO - Lloyds Bank Nominees Limited
3,843,203 shares - FISL  - Clydesdale Bank (Head Office) Nominees Limited
   75,200 shares - FPM   - Gracechurch Nominees
  639,350 shares - FPM   - RBS Trust Bank
  280,690 shares - FPM   - Citibank
  695,650 shares - FPM   - Nortrust Nominees Ltd.
1,031,100 shares - FPM   - Chase Nominees Ltd.
1,977,700 shares - FPM   - Bankers Trust
  206,700 shares - FPM   - HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
  168,940 shares - FPM   - MSS Nominees Ltd.
   61,300 shares - FPM   - BT Globenet Nominees Ltd.
  202,300 shares - FIL   - Bankers Trust
   57,400 shares - FIL   - MSS Nominees Ltd.
1,680,607 shares - FIL   - Nortrust Nominees Ltd.
1,849,819 shares - FIL   - RBS Trust Bank
  290,600 shares - FIL   - State Street Nominees Ltd.
   84,210 shares - FIL   - Citibank
  820,060 shares - FIL   - Bank of New York Europe
  404,740 shares - FIL   - Northern Trust
  994,200 shares - FIL   - Chase Nominees Ltd.

15,913,769 shares in total

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
3,685,459 shares

6   Percentage of issued class:
1.58%

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 20th SEPTEBER, 2000

11  Date company informed:
29th SEPTEMBER, 2000

12  Total holding following this notification:
15,913,769 SHARES

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
6.81%

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:
29th SEPTEMBER, 2000


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