Holding in Company

Barratt Developments PLC
4 May 2001



Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
BARRATT DEVELOPMENTS PLC

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
BARCLAYS PLC

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:
BARCLAYS PLC THROUGH ITS SUBSIDIARY BARCLAYS BANK PLC

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
   13,744 shares - Barclays Capital Nominees Limited
  135,225 shares - Chase Nominees Limited 16331
   22,503 shares - Chase Nominees Limited 16338
  480,039 shares - Chase Nominees Limited 16341
   96,083 shares - Chase Nominees Limited 16344
  175,989 shares - Chase Nominees Limited 16345
   35,636 shares - Chase Nominees Limited 16376
2,287,244 shares - Chase Nominees Limited 16400
  521,565 shares - Chase Nominees Limited 16530
   51,366 shares - Chase Nominees Limited 18409
3,411,686 shares - Chase Nominees Limited 20947
    5,450 shares - DEM69
      420 shares - Unknown
    1,250 shares - Barclays Bank Trust Co.Ltd. - IMA
1,643,913 shares - Twenty Nine Gracechurch Street Nominees Limited a/c 5781C
   38,677 shares - Chase Manhattan Bank
   27,781 shares - Chase Nominees Ltd. A/C Lend 16201
  108,907 shares - Chase Nominees Ltd. A/C BGIOMNI 19688
  189,197 shares - Unknown
  125,325 shares - Unknown
    1,250 shares - Unknown
    8,825 shares - Unknown
    1,100 shares - Unknown
    6,617 shares - Unknown
    3,715 shares - Unknown
    4,200 shares - Unknown

9,397,707 shares in total


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

6   Percentage of issued class:
NOT APPLICABLE

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 2nd MAY, 2001

11  Date company informed:
04.05.01

12  Total holding following this notification:
9,397,707 shares

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
4.0%

14  Contact name for queries:
MR. LAURENCE DENT

15 Contact telephone number:
0191 2866811

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
MR. LAURENCE DENT

17  Date of notification:
04.05.01


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