The Borough Council of Wellingborough's Community Committee approved the new rules at a meeting earlier.
Barry Liffen, chairman of the Wellingborough Hackney Carriage Association, said the group welcomed the changes.
Alan Piggot, president of Wellingborough Chamber of Commerce, said he was "absolutely delighted" with the decision.
Mercia Crematoria wants to build a crematorium and woodland burial site near Doddington Road in Wellingborough.
Arthur Brumhill's body was found with blows to the head in Wellingborough Road, Northampton, in 1993.
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Wellingborough Borough Council has warned the 17th Century Hind Hotel in Sheep Street needs essential repairs.
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Paul Bell, leader of Wellingborough Council, said the town had no objections to the plans.
An out-of-town retail park in Northamptonshire would offer "no competition" to Wellingborough town centre, according to councillors.
But Wellingborough's Tory MP Peter Bone called it an "outrageous slur", saying "everybody knows it's Wellingborough and Rushden".
Keepmoat Homes had an agreement with Wellingborough Borough Council to redevelop the Jackson's Lane site off the High Street.
Norwich-based QD Stores is due to open in Wellingborough this month in a unit left vacant when Woolworths closed.
Wheelchair user Steve Cooper, of Wellingborough, lives in a two bedroom house that has been specially adapted for his use.
The five-year council plan would see businesses in four roads in Wellingborough eligible to apply for grants to restore the properties.
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The Wellingborough Road site was built as a workhouse for the poor in 1836 and became a hospital in the 1930s.
Wellingborough Borough Council said the work would rediscover the town's "hidden treasures".
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Councillors in Wellingborough said the scheme could be a "catalyst" for regeneration.
On East Midlands' services, buses replaced trains between Wellingborough and Northampton to connect with London Midland services between Northampton and Euston station in London.
The group decided to roll-up their sleeves and create a sensory garden at the home of the Beesons, a foster carer family in Wellingborough.
Police say the A605 in Oundle is flooded between A427 Station Road and Church Street, and drivers have been warned to take care in Wellingborough.
Compulsory purchase powers could be used to secure land to access the 3, 200 homes due to be built in the Stanton Cross development in Wellingborough.
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Wellingborough Borough Council approved the initial plans, despite opposition from residents.
Three others - Robert Greenhill, 62, of Dartford, Kent, Joseph McCorry, 52, of Welling, Kent, and Daniel Cheevers, 47, of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, were jailed last month.
At Wellingborough Borough Council, Labour won five seats from the Conservatives but the new council is still dominated by the Tories, who have 27 councillors to Labour's nine.
Mr Sawford, the MP for Corby, spoke for Mr Bone (Wellingborough) and Mr Hollobone (Kettering) who are directing the campaign to retain the services at Kettering General Hospital.
"It would have been the death-knell for Wellingborough, " he said.
In a statement, Conservative-run Wellingborough Council said its planning committee believed the development would not be competing with Wellingborough town centre because the choice of retailers would be different.
Brian Binley (Northampton South) has accused the Prime Minister of being Nick Clegg's chambermaid while Peter Bone (Wellingborough) has said that, as in an unhappy marriage, there should be an early divorce with the Lib Dems.
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