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Chances are, since I've told the council, the council is going to report it to either the police or the local highways agency who are responsible for the maintenance of the streets. The police will class it as found property. Usually the legalities are that if it isn't claimed within a set number of days (which they decide) it either goes to scrap, gets given to the person who reports it, or gets sold at a police auction. As for the highways agency, they'd probably do similar, but instead just impound it until someone claims it.
Basically, I've just said 'if nobody wants it, I'll have it'. Not excluding any of the above.
ggreen-
The police do not remove anything, also you are damaging someone else property by doing anything to the lock or chain. The highways agency won't touch it either, unless it is in the way of works.
The only people that can put a removal notice on the bike are the council. Even then you cannot take it. It is still theft.
Why is it so hard to understand, it is not yours. Mind your own business. Who knows the story of why the bike is there. But it belongs to someone, and that someone isn't you. How would you like it if someone took your bike as it had taken you a while to sort bits after people had nicked bits off your bike.
What you said is look I found a bike I want to steal, give me the justification to steal.
If you want a charge plug, go and buy a charge plug.
lynx
Council can only remove, the council does not own the bike. Hence the bike is disposed of. Usually to a cycling charity we would hope.