I decided that I still wasn't entirely happy with the relative positions/heights of the brake and accelerator pedals for heel-toe, even after changing from a 7/8 inch to a 1 inch master cylinder to firm up the pedal (it certainly helped significantly though).
I know plenty of people who are totally happy with the stock pedal positioning, but I concluded that I needed my brake pedal to be quite a lot higher. This is because when I depress the brake pedal firmly it goes well below the accelerator pedal, making it tricky to get my foot up and over the accelerator pedal to blip it while maintaining constant brake pressure. This would also depend on shoe size and the height of the driver (I'm ~6ft), due to the proximity of the knees to the steering column etc, which could explain why some people are happy with the stock pedal positioning while others aren't.
The pedal height adjusting nut was already maxed out on my car so I couldn't increase my brake pedal height any further without making modifications. I took some measurements and decided that I would need to increase the brake pedal height by as much as 30mm if I wanted the brake pedal and accelerator pedal to be nicely lined up when braking hard.
I ended up removing the brake pedal from the car (what a PITA!) and got a fab shop to weld on an 'extension' to increase the pedal height by about 30mm. They welded a 30mm length of RHS onto the existing metal plate that the rubber grip pad attaches to. Then they made a new metal plate of the same shape and welded it on to the RHS section, and the rubber grip pad attaches to this new plate. The original plate was then trimmed back to the welds around the RHS.
After reinstalling the brake pedal and going for a drive, at first it felt strange having the brake pedal 30mm higher in its static position, but it didn't take long for me to get used to it, and the relative heights of the brake and accelerator pedals felt almost perfect when braking, just as I'd hoped. My daily driver has the brake pedal 20-30mm higher than the accelerator pedal from the factory, which is one of the reasons why I knew that this idea wasn't as crazy as it sounds.
If I wanted to, I could now use the pedal height adjusting nut to reduce the brake pedal height again, but I think I'll just leave it.