Updated 3 hours ago Getty Images for Pandora Media The Newport Planning Board has voted to allow for the demolition of several buildings on Waites Wharf to make way for a proposed 150-room waterfront hotel. The board this week approved in a 5-3 vote the demolition of five buildings listed as "significant contributing structures'' in the federally recognized Southern Thames Historic District, The Newport Daily News reported. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. The vote took place after four special meetings and a regular Planning Board meeting held since March 1 that one board member said totaled almost 20 hours of discussion. The demolitions will not take place anytime soon, because the Planning Board only approved them under the condition that the hotel project first receive all other required state and municipal permits.