Director/PDMR Shareholding

Barratt Developments PLC
09 September 2005

                                  SCHEDULE 11

          NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS


1. Name of company

Barratt Developments PLC

2. Name of director

Mr. D.A. Pretty
Mr. S.J. Boyes
Mr. C.A. Dearlove
Mr. C. Fenton
Mr. P.R. Gieron
Mr. G.K. Hester
Mr. H. Walker

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 or in respect of a non-beneficial
interest




4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them (if notified)




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




6. Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please
indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary

Disposal of shares held in the Barratt Developments Employee Benefit Trust of 
which the above directors are potential beneficiaries (see details in paragraph 
23).

7. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired




8. Percentage of issued class




9. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed




10. Percentage of issued class




11. Class of security




12. Price per share




13. Date of transaction




14. Date company informed




15. Total holding following this notification




16. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification




If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the
following boxes.



17. Date of grant




18. Period during which or date on which exercisable




19. Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option




20. Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number




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




22. Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this
notification




23. Any additional information

Obligation under Section 329 of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended)

Barratt Developments PLC were informed on the 9th September, 2005 that on the
9th September, 2005 Mourant & Co. Trustees Limited, as trustee of Barratt
Developments Employee Benefit Trust ('the Trust'), disposed of 500 Ordinary
Shares in the Company at a price of £723.0p per share in satisfaction of options
made under Barratt Developments Employee Share Option Plan.

The Trust is a discretionary trust of which all employees, including executive
directors, of the Company and its subsidiaries are potential beneficiaries. 
Each of the executive directors of the Company is, therefore, interested in the
shares held in the Trust from time to time in the same way as other employees of
the Group and ceases to be so interested when the Trust disposes of shares.

This notification is being given to you pursuant to Section 329 of the Companies 
Act 1985 (as amended).

24. Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Mr. Laurence Dent  -  Tel. No. 0191 2866811

25. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification

Mr. Laurence Dent

Date of Notification

9th September, 2005


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