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Presumably the planners could put a condition on the award that it needs to be the actual thing that was proposed.
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They could but I'm not sure they'd see much distinction between cafe and small supermarket - both viable high street uses. I feel like they might say "no offices without applying for permission" but anything customer facing is probably fair game. I don't know what's happening on the ground though, it's a pretty new (and major!) change.
hoefla
Use Class legislation changed last year, now retail (supermarket) and food (bar/cafe) are the same - new Class E. I think that means that you can get planning for a cafe and just change to shop (or office, nursery or gym) without any kind of permission required. Unless it's somehow been restricted by the local council.