The planner is rudimentary at best, but fortunately easily manipulated to your will. If you want a little wiggle room, make the dimension of your fridge a bit bigger. You can do that if you choose the fridge under "your own appliances", when you place it you'll see a box with height, width and depth. Just change the numbers to whatever you want. Same with the range, dishwasher and hood that are listed under your own appliances. (
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, you can use the dishwasher to represent trash compactors or icemakers by changing the sizes as well.)
It might get a bit persnickety about placing overfridge cabinets if you fiddle the dimensions, but that's where you just have to use your imagination. And if you have trouble placing the cover panels because it refuses to snap them in, just move them in the 2D view with the arrows.