looks like it defaults to SP
Agreed. And for other readers, this is a worst case scenario because the owner has permission for the gate posts but the OC has responsibility for its upkeep. If the original owner had just done this without permission, the OC would be in a much stronger position.
However, if I was chair of the scheme I’d be insisting the the owner cleaned up the yard first before I’d so much as called a brickie. And I wouldn’t be authorising even the slightest improvement (rather than repair) until the owner took responsibility for the gate.