Nevertheless, even in my example where all the chests are empty (so set 3. per that discussion), the selection heuristic is still random rather than nearest.
When deconstructing stuff using the Deconstruction Planner, bots will choose a (apparently) random Storage Chest chest to deposit deconstructed items in, sometimes very far away, despite the availability of nearby Storage Chests.
I expected the bots to choose the nearest Storage Chests with ...