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Have a look at your street on Google maps. Satellite view will quickly show up those on the road that have it, then you can probably find any planning applications on (quickly stalks...) Lewisham planning portal
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The roof pitch in the side return is dictated by the right to light of the adjacent properties windows. Hence why you’ll rarely get flat roofs on side returns. I don’t think it makes a lot of sense in that specific scenario, but it’s a case of a planning guideline being designed for one scenario and having to be applied to all.
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Most relevant things to look at are the permitted development guideline. pdf.- to decide if you need full planning - if so - the local council's SPG (residential design guide).is next. Different councils have different rules for boundary wall height. some as low as 2.6m. "Rights to light" is separate to planning legislation - its civil law i think. The borough will have a standard for what's acceptable on a side return they are considering loss of outlook, privacy, amenity - generally for habitable rooms only.
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Now franticly googling side returns, would be game changing for our house, the back end is very Victorian and disjointed from the garden