Holding(s) in Company

Barratt Developments PLC
02 August 2007


TR-1(i):      NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

      1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing     
      shares to which voting rights are attached(ii):

      Barratt Developments PLC

      2. Reason for the notification     (please tick the appropriate box or boxes)

      An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                           X

      An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in 
      the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

      An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

      Other (please specify):

      3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation   
      (iii):

      Barratt Developments PLC

      4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)(iv):         

      Lloyds TSB Group Plc

      5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is     
      crossed or reached if different)(v):

      01 August 2007

      6. Date on which issuer notified:                                

      02 August 2007

      7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                    

      Dropped below 3%

      8. Notified details:


A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of   Situation previous to   Resulting situation after the triggering transaction(vii)
shares          the Triggering
                transaction (vi)
 if possible    Number of  Number of    Number of   Number of voting rights ix    % of voting rights
using the ISIN  Shares     Voting       shares
CODE                       Rights viii  Direct      Direct  x        Indirect xi  Direct        Indirect

Ordinary Shares 10,423,979  10,423,979  10,385,904         0          10,385,904        0          2.997%

     ISIN
 GB0000811801
B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii
Type of financial    Expiration    Exercise/ Conversion        Number of voting rights     % of voting rights
instrument           date xiii     Period/ Date xiv            that may be acquired if the
                                                               instrument is exercised/
                                                               converted.
         -                 -                    -                           -                      -
Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights                                % of voting rights

      10,385,904                                               2.997%


      9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments
      are effectively held, if applicable xv:


      32,067 shares are held by Perry Nominees Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a
      wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc.



      6,956 Shares are held by Boltro Nominees Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, a
      wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc.



      57,673 Shares are held by Lloyds Bank (Pep) Nominees Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Bank
      Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc.



      10,289,208 Shares are held by State Street Nominess Ltd.  Share are under the control of Scottish
      Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership
      Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Scottish Widows Group Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds
      TSB Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc.


      Proxy Voting:

      10. Name of the proxy holder:

      11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease
      to hold:

      12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold
      voting rights:

      13. Additional information:

      14. Contact name:

      15. Contact telephone number:


ANNEX TO NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name (including legal form for legal entities)          Barratt Developments PLC

Contact address (registered office for legal entities)       Rotterdam House, 116 Quayside, Newcastle Upon
                                                             Tyne, NE1 3DA
Phone number                                                 0191 227 2000

Other useful information (at least legal representative for
legal persons)


 B:      Identity of the notifier, if applicable xvii

Full name                                                    Barratt Developments PLC

Contact address                                              Rotterdam House, 116 Quayside, Newcastle Upon
                                                             Tyne, NE1 3DA

Phone number                                                 0191 227 2000

Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with
the person or legal entity subject to the notification
obligation)


C:      Additional information





Notes

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(i)           This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to
be filed with the competent authority.


(ii)           Either the full name of the legal entity or another method for
identifying the issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and
accurate.


(iii)          This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the
person acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases provided
for in DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h);  (c) all the parties to the agreement referred to in
DTR5.2.1 (a), or (d) the direct or indirect holder of financial instruments
entitled to acquire shares already issued to which voting rights are attached,
as appropriate.

In relation to the transactions referred to in points DTR5.2.1 (b) to (h), the
following list is provided as indication of the persons who should be mentioned:

-           in the circumstances foreseen in  DTR5.2.1 (b), the person that
acquires the voting rights and is entitled to exercise them under the agreement
and the natural person or legal entity who is transferring temporarily for
consideration the voting rights;

-           in the circumstances foreseen in DTR 5.2.1 (c), the person holding
the collateral, provided the person or entity controls the voting rights and
declares its intention of exercising them, and person lodging the collateral
under these conditions;

-           in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1(d), the person who has a
life interest in shares if that person is entitled to exercise the voting rights
attached to the shares and the person who is disposing of the voting rights when
the life interest is created;

-           in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (e), the parent
undertaking and, provided it has a notification duty at an individual level
under DTR 5.1, under DTR5.2.1 (a) to (d) or under a combination of any of those
situations, the controlled undertaking;

-           in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (f), the deposit taker of
the shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached to the shares
deposited with him at his discretion, and the depositor of the shares allowing
the deposit taker to exercise the voting rights at his discretion;

-           in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (g), the person  that
controls the voting rights;

-           in the circumstances foreseen in DTR5.2.1 (h), the proxy holder, if
he can exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and the shareholder who has
given his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter to exercise the voting
rights at his discretion.


(iv)          Applicable in the cases provided for in DTR 5.2.1 (b) to (h). This
should be the full name of the shareholder or holder of financial instruments
who is the counterparty to the natural person or legal entity referred to in
DTR5.2.


(v)           The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of an
on exchange transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in the
case of an off exchange transaction, date of the entering into an agreement.

The date on which threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which the
acquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes effect (see
DTR 5.1.1R (3)). For passive crossings, the date when the corporate event took
effect.

These dates will usually be the same unless the transaction is subject to a
condition beyond the control of the parties.


(vi)          Please refer to the situation disclosed in the previous
notification, In case the situation previous to the triggering transaction was
below 3%, please state 'below 3%'.

vii If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold , the notifying party
should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding, only that the new
holding is less than 3%.


For the case provided for in DTR5.2.1(a), there should be no disclosure of
individual holdings per party to the agreement unless a party individually
crosses or reaches an Article 9 threshold. This applies upon entering into,
introducing changes to or terminating an agreement.

viii              Direct and indirect

ix          In case of combined holdings of shares with voting rights attached '
direct holding' and voting rights 'indirect holdings', please split the voting
rights number and percentage into the direct and indirect columns-if there is no
combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank.

X           Voting rights attached to shares in respect of which the notifying
party is a direct shareholder  (DTR 5.1)

xi                Voting rights held by the notifying party as an indirect
shareholder (DTR 5.2.1)

xii          If the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the
notifying party should not be obliged to disclose the extent of the holding,
only that the new holding is below 3%.

xiii         date of maturity / expiration of the finical instrument i.e. the
date when the right to acquire shares ends.

xiv              If the financial instrument has such a period-please specify
the period- for example once every three months starting from the (date)

xv          The notification should include the name(s) of the controlled
undertakings through which the voting rights are held. The notification should
also include the amount of voting rights and the percentage held by each
controlled undertaking, insofar as individually the controlled undertaking holds
3% or more, and insofar as the notification by the parent undertaking is
intended to cover the notification obligations of the controlled undertaking.

xvi         This annex is only to be filed with the competent authority.

xvii         Whenever another person makes the notification on behalf of the
shareholder or the natural person/legal entity  referred to in DTR5.2 and
DTR5.3.










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