Additional Listing

Barratt Developments PLC
01 June 2007

For immediate release
Not for release, publication or distribution in or into the United States,
Australia, Canada or Japan.

                                  1 June 2007

                            Barratt Developments PLC

                           Block Listing Application

Barratt Developments PLC ('Barratt') announces that it has made a block listing
application for the admission of 159,547 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the
share capital of Barratt (the 'Shares') to the Official List of the UK Listing
Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed
securities.

It is expected that admission of the Shares will take place on 4 June 2007.

The Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary
shares of 10 pence each in the share capital of Barratt. The Shares will be
issued to members of the Wilson Bowden plc 2003 Savings Related Share Option
Scheme (the 'WB SAYE Scheme') who elect to exercise their options under the WB
SAYE Scheme at monthly intervals up to and including October 2007 as part of the
consideration to which they are entitled under the terms (as reflected in Wilson
Bowden plc's articles of association) of Barratt's acquisition of the entire
issued and to be issued share capital of Wilson Bowden plc, which became
effective on 26 April 2007 (the 'Acquisition').

Enquiries:

Barratt Developments PLC
Laurence Dent, Company Secretary                     [phone]

Overseas Jurisdictions:

The release, publication or distribution of this announcement in jurisdictions
other than the United Kingdom may be restricted by law and therefore any persons
who are subject to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom
should inform themselves about, and observe, any applicable requirements. This
announcement has been prepared for the purposes of complying with English law
and the Listing Rules and the information disclosed may not be the same as that
which would have been disclosed if this announcement had been prepared in
accordance with the laws and regulations of any jurisdiction outside of England.

This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or an invitation to
purchase or subscribe for any securities or a solicitation of any vote or
approval in any jurisdiction. This announcement does not constitute a prospectus
or a prospectus equivalent document.

In particular, this announcement is not an offer of securities for sale in the
United States and the Shares, which will be issued in connection with the
Acquisition, have not been, and will not be, registered under the US Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder
(the 'Securities Act') or under the securities law of any state, district or
other jurisdiction of the United States, Australia, Canada or Japan and no
regulatory clearance in respect of the Shares has been, or will be, applied for
in any jurisdiction other than the UK.  The Shares may not be offered or sold in
the United States absent registration under the Securities Act or an exemption
from registration.


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