Holding(s) in Company

Barratt Developments PLC
27 October 2005


BARRATT DEVELOPMENTS PLC

Barratt Developments PLC have been advised that on the 25th October, 2005 Morgan
Stanley Securities Limited ('MSSL') disposed of an interest in this Company's
shares with the result that MSSL and the group companies which are direct or
indirect holding companies of MSSL, no longer hold a notifiable interest in the
shares of this Company.


27th October, 2005.


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