Directors' Dealings

BARRATT DEVELOPMENTS PLC
4 October 1999



Schedule 11 - Notification of interests of Directors and Connected Persons

1   Name of company:
BARRATT DEVELOPMENTS PLC

2   Name of director:
F. EATON; C.A. DEARLOVE; D.A. PRETTY; H. WALKER AND P.R. GIERON

3   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of     
holding of the director named in 2 above or holding of that person's spouse or
children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non- beneficial interest:
IN RESPECT OF DIRECTORS NAMED IN (2) ABOVE

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of 
shares held by each of them (if notified):
NOT APPLICABLE

5   Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with  
the director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s):
SEE (3) ABOVE

6   Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please  
indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary:
GRANT OF SHARE OPTIONS TO DIRECTORS NAMED IN (2)

7   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
NOT APPLICABLE

8   Percentage of issued class:
NOT APPLICABLE

9   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
NOT APPLICABLE

10  Percentage of issued class:
NOT APPLICABLE

11  Class of security:
ORDINARY SHARES OF 10p EACH

12  Price per share:
EXERCISE PRICE 275p PER SHARE

13  Date of transaction:
30TH SEPTEMBER, 1999

14  Date company informed:
30TH SEPTEMBER, 1999

15  Total holding following this notification:
NOT APPLICABLE

16  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
NOT APPLICABLE

If a director has been granted options by the company, please complete the
following fields:

17  Date of grant:
30TH SEPTEMBER, 1999 IN EACH CASE

18  Period during which or date on which exercisable:
7 YEARS ENDING 30.09.2009

19  Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option:
NIL IN EACH CASE

20  Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number:
ORDINARY SHARES OF 10p EACH

F. EATON       200,000
C.A. DEARLOVE  140,000
D.A. PRETTY    140,000
H. WALKER      140,000
P.R. GIERON    140,000

21  Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to
be fixed at time of exercise:
275p

22  Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following
this notification:
SEE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

23  Contact name for queries:
MR. F. BROWN

24  Contact telephone number:
0191 2866811

25  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
MR. F. BROWN



Additional Information:
SECTION 22 - 'TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES OR DEBENTURES OVER WHICH OPTIONS HELD'

F. EATON       -  924,353
C.A. DEARLOVE  -  606,060
D.A. PRETTY    -  395,000
H. WALKER      -  436,381
P.R. GIERON    -  380,000