Holding(s) in Company

Barratt Developments PLC
19 October 2005


BARRATT DEVELOPMENTS PLC

Barratt Developments PLC were notified on the 19th October, 2005 that Morgan
Stanley Securities Limited ('MSSL') have a notifiable interest in 7,310,613
ordinary shares of the Company, being 3.02% of the issued share capital of the
Company.

Morgan Stanley Securities Limited is a member of the Morgan Stanley group of
companies.  Those group companies which are direct or indirect holding companies
of Morgan Stanley Securities Limited are, under the terms of section 203 of the
Companies Act 1985, each interested by attribution in any shares in which Morgan
Stanley Securities Limited is interested.


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