Holding in Company

Barratt Developments PLC
3 October 2000


Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
BARRATT DEVELOPMENTS PLC

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
SANFORD C. BERNSTEIN & CO. INC. AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES

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:
2,364,700 shares - Bank of New York, New York
  857,100 shares - Bankers Trust, New York
  938,975 shares - Boston Safe Deposit and Trust, Boston
1,477,300 shares - Chase, New York
  152,900 shares - CIBC Mellon, Toronto
  150,000 shares - Citibank, Dublin
   20,000 shares - Dauphin Deposit
    3,000 shares - First Union Bank
   21,000 shares - Goldman Sachs, New York
   19,600 shares - Key Trust
    3,100 shares - LaSalle National Bank
1,540,000 shares - Northern Trust, Chicago
   62,900 shares - Norwest Bank
   24,000 shares - PNC BANK, WILMINGTON DE
   76,400 shares - Royal Trust, Toronto
   40,500 shares - State Street Bank and Trust, Australia
4,877,700 shares - State Street Bank and Trust, Boston
  140,000 shares - State Street Bank and Trust, Canada
    5,000 shares - US Trust Co.
    4,300 shares - Wilmington Trust Co.

12,778,475 shares in total

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
NOT ADVISED

6   Percentage of issued class:
NOT ADVISED

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:
HOLDING NOTIFIED AS AT 25th SEPTEMBER, 2000

11  Date company informed:
3rd OCTOBER, 2000

12  Total holding following this notification:
12,778,475 SHARES

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
5.47%

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:
3rd OCTOBER, 2000



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