Kitchen planning in a mid-terrace house (new build)

Dear forum users,
after we got stuck on the kitchen planning in another thread ( ), I am starting a new topic here so that the helpful answers and suggestions can be found more easily later on :)
Regarding the basic data: Our kitchen is 265cm wide. The wall to the hallway is 3.60m long according to the standard developer's plan, but we would like to shorten it to 2.40m because the house is already quite narrow with a width of 5.88m and a length of 12.23m (external dimensions) and the open living-dining area will thus seem more spacious. There are no limits to the kitchen length on the opposite side.
Regarding the use of the ground floor: We plan not to overload the ground floor. Essentially, only a large dining table, a sofa, an armchair, and a shelf for children's toys and possibly glasses as well as a sideboard are to be placed in the living-dining area – so no TV, electric piano, or anything else. It is meant essentially as a daily meeting area for the family where one eats, cooks, plays, and does homework. Real retreat spaces are planned in the children's rooms and another living area in the studio.
This was our (already much criticized from various sides ;)) first draft:


What moved us to this: Since the room on the ground floor is quite narrow and tapers increasingly towards the kitchen, we wanted to design the kitchen as airy and open as possible (it should not look crammed into the back corner). We wanted to avoid tall cabinets if possible, since from the dining area one would face the rather bulky broad side, which also visually narrows the room again, but still have an oven at chest height. The kitchen should also not be too tight so we don’t step on each other’s feet. It is also important to us to make the best use of the light from the fairly large kitchen window, so that as much as possible reaches the dining area and is not blocked by (tall) cabinets.
What we have realized, however: The sink with rubbish bin and the fridge – in other words, the things you need most often – being all the way at the back of the kitchen is probably not the best idea, and with the kitchen’s dimensions, we probably overdid it a bit...
This is our new draft:


We are curious about your opinions and feedback. Does anyone have a similar kitchen and already have experience with it? Are there still supporters of the L-shaped kitchen + counter? I am still struggling a bit with leaving the space in front of the window unused. Especially since we don’t have a floor-to-ceiling window, it looks somewhat odd – but corners in a kitchen are also not very practical. Are there any usage suggestions for the front side? I was already thinking maybe a mini breakfast corner, but that is probably much too tight...
By the way, here is the link to our main thread with more details about the house:

It's already better than the first version above. There is a forum on another website: enter Küchen and Forum on Google. You (plural) or you (singular) should familiarize yourselves with the workflows. Although the work area is now closer to the stove and sink, the way to the refrigerator is quite long. Well, tolerable. You just have to make do with what you have. However, I would probably push the tall cabinets forward by one cabinet depth and make a row under the window. You probably are not allowed to touch the façade for a floor-to-ceiling window?! This creates a lot of storage/placement space for KVA and other things.

Are you active on Instagram? Check out the account of Deutsche Reihenhaus, there are always kitchen pictures. The kitchens are slightly smaller, I believe. But there are lots of examples for inspiration. We also "borrowed" from there ;-)

We also had a terraced house. With a similar layout downstairs, admittedly an open staircase and 50cm wider, but a separate kitchen where we made a breakthrough. We then had a counter between the kitchen and dining area. It looked roughly like this. Because the kitchen was about 1.40m wide inside, everything worked well and wonderfully - despite the unpleasant dishwasher. On the left side of the plan was the refrigerator.

I absolutely cannot reconcile the visualization and the floor plan. Is the kitchen open or closed? If it is closed as in the visualization, the peninsula makes no sense at all. No one places themselves or sits in the niche between the wall and the island. So I assume it is open. Then it is basically not so bad. In my experience, the dishwasher and the trash should be close to each other, preferably next to each other. Frequently used dishes / cutlery should also be very close to the dishwasher. I wouldn't stop the tall cabinets just above the sink; there could still be one next to it.