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When you are developing a web application for phone, tablet and desktop, is it a good principle to use the same HTML for the three and a separate CSS for each device? is there a case where this would cause problems?

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It depends how this is setup. If you are using a template engine then I don't see why would this be a big deal if its a technical decision followed throughout the project. If you are not using a template engine and using Javascript to throw things around (like a bunch of Jquery piled on top of each other) then it becomes an issue.

Are you using any kind of server side framework (Like Django/Rails)?

Are you using any kind of client side framework (like Angular)?

Are you using any kind of layout framework (like Bootstrap)?

After a certain scale, its better to just decouple mobile and tablet form web.

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