At the heart of this case is a fairly simple question: when the conditions for use of a building are varied in a new planning permission, what previous conditions remain in place? For many years the Homebase store in Streatham Vale was prohibited from selling food but the position after a 2014 permission was no longer clear and the case eventually ended up before the Supreme Court. In this episode we discuss the judgment in this case and suggest legislative changes that would help to reduce the amount of confusion in this area.

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