How faster Nelsons constrain Scharnhorst and Gneisenau

Would Scharnhorst and Gneisenau still be built in their historical form if Britain had 28-knot Nelson-class battleships?

They would probably still be built, but Germany would face expensive design compromises if it tried to preserve a speed advantage over the faster British battleships.

The German ships would probably still be built because their basic limits came from Germany's maritime industry. A faster British Nelson class would likely cause design changes, but still more speed would require extra cost, construction time, or sacrifices elsewhere. Gneisenau's historical escape from Rodney shows how a few knots could keep a German ship under 16-inch fire much longer. The counterfactual therefore changes both the design competition and the tactical margin available once the ships meet.